The Republicans say we don't need this voting rights bill, that we should leave the power with the States. My subcommittee had 13 hearings over 2 years, and the professors and the attorneys told us that every time Black and Brown people…

The coronavirus has gotten to levels in Memphis not known since last January; it is dangerous. Fortunately, today, the Pfizer vaccine was given final full approval by the FDA for all people 16 and over. This weekend, Phil Valentine, a…

I knew then that it could spiral out of control and that if we didn`t think through the impact and the implications. And I`ve been thinking about this week because now, I`m terrified, and I`m really so worried. And like everyone, concerned…

We have to step back and we have to see what we can do to make sure that we`re safe in this country, but that we also support other countries but use the diplomatic and diplomacy tools that we have before we use the military option.

However difficult this vote may be, some of us must urge the use of restraint. Our country is in a state of mourning. Some of us might say let`s step back for a moment. Let`s just pause just for a minute and think through the implications…

as we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore.

We have to use our three tools in a way that`s more balanced of our foreign policy, diplomacy, development, and defense.

We cannot nation-build. This was a 20-year war, the longest war in American history.

Thank you, Mr. Spital, and I appreciate your remembering and recognizing the civil rights heroes who did so much to bring about the right to vote.

Some have said this is a Federal takeover of the State's authority to regulate elections.

We have seen States move swiftly to reinstitute discriminatory changes.

We need the section 5 preclearance process back in full force and effective.

I would also like to enter into the record the 2021 report of the House Administration Committee and the Subcommittee on Elections on 'Voting in America: Ensuring Free and Fair Access to the Ballot.'

Congress has broad enforcement powers and must Act now to restore the Voting Rights Act.

The guideposts that were announced by the court in Brnovich had no textual basis and were contrary to the intent of the 82 amendments.

Thank you, Mr. Johnson.

the bill you are considering can play a key role in confronting current efforts to limit voter registration and voting by minority citizens as well as diluting minority voting strength.

the conditions that originally justified these measures no longer characterize voting in the covered jurisdictions.