I believe that you have played a very important role in doing that, and I wanted to thank you publicly for it.

The idea that we could create in this country in less than a year multiple vaccines for a pandemic is an extraordinary achievement.

What a great hearing. I want to thank all the members, you know. Their participation was great on both sides of the aisle.

This is something, and we have talked about this many times, Madam Chair, where we need sustained, annual, above-inflation increases.

I was pleased that the administration and Ambassador Tai was at the WHO and talking about lifting the waiver on supplying India, South Africa, other countries...

I think the best thing we can do, you know, diplomatically in terms of our geopolitical situation is just help people around the world.

these laws do, in fact, pose a disproportionate, negative, strong, consistent depreciation of minority votes.

there is no widespread threat of voter fraud in our elections.

these burdens fall disproportionately on Black, Latino, and immigrant communities.

I remember it so very well. I had just finished high school a few weeks before the VRA was passed.

there are 10 million U.S. citizens eligible to vote who do not speak English well.

Black, Latino, and immigrant communities are statistically less likely to have a valid ID for purposes of voting as compared to White, non-Hispanic populations.

We should not erect more barriers for just some citizens. Americans who are eligible to vote should be able to register and cast their ballot without undue obstacles and burdens.

it was Mr. Sensenbrenner and President Bush and others who embraced the 2006 reauthorization.

It has been demonstrated time and time again that voter ID laws disproportionately impact racial minorities.

It was supported and demanded, actually, by President Lyndon B. Johnson at the time, right after the Selma to Montgomery massacre.

Thank you, Ms. Roman, for your testimony.

We must do that. We should be making it easier for all citizens to vote, not leaving State and local governments with unchecked authority to enact legislation that imposes discriminatory barriers to the ballot.