It is very important to have that minimum wage.

This is a sensible conversation about how to make it better.

I am all for raising the minimum wage in the way that we did it. It gets to $15 an hour by 2025, is what we have done.

It dawned on me that we did not talk about the results--the notification of the findings.

I can't stress enough the importance of today's hearing and the educational benefit that it has provided to our committee and to the public.

The integrity of our elections is essential to the preservation of our republic and it is our patriotic duty as Americans.

As we approach the 2020 elections it is critical that we work together to protect democracy's most sacred tradition: Free and fair elections.

There is one question of how you suppress votes. There is a separate question of how you target them.

Given the hack that happened on our elections I think it is critical for us to let people know that we are actively working to fix this.

But I would also like to thank Chairman--Vice Chair Underwood for inviting committee Members to Illinois to hear State and local perspectives on election security.

I am proud that these policies were included in H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which we passed in the House in March.

I am so thrilled that you joined us as we gaveled in this committee's first-ever hearing in the Illinois 14th Congressional District.

Election security requires a whole-of-government approach--Federal, State, and local--effort to protect America's elections.

democracy depends on people trusting that their elections represent the will of the people.

Congress has recognized the challenges that come with improving decades-old infrastructure and have provided critical funding and assistance to States since our State was hacked in 2016.

Elizabeth Warren is showing real strength in Iowa and New Hampshire, the first two contests.

It's mostly coming from others. It's coming from Bernie Sanders largely, but also from of the other candidates who have deflated a little bit here.

The real question with Sanders, after this health problem and given his age, can he grow his support or do people see him more as a symbolic candidacy rather than a real threat to be the nominee.