U.S. State Secretaries of State

Are you aware, as it relates again to that North Carolina action, that the Federal court of appeals later held that these restrictions intentionally discriminated against African-American voters?

Are you aware that within weeks of the Supreme Court's ruling, Republican legislators in North Carolina rushed through a laundry list of new voting restrictions?

For 50 years, the Voting Rights Act has protected against racial discrimination in voting.

Our history, as you know, is littered with shameful attempts to deny voting rights, especially for communities of color.

The Court can go back as far as it wanted if it believed it was warranted

How can you not remember whether or not you had a conversation about Robert Mueller or his investigation with anyone at that law firm?

Have you discussed it with anyone?

I am prisoner of hope like you. But we have a long way to go.

Trump Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Kavanaugh represents a direct and fundamental threat to the rights and health care of hundreds of millions of Americans. I will oppose his nomination.

All of this may come down to Judge Kavanaugh's vote, and that is what is at stake in this nomination.

For me, a Supreme Court seat is not only about academic issues of legal precedent or judicial philosophy. It is personal.

I would think that anyone nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States would want to have a hearing that is characterized by transparency, and fairness, and integrity, and not shrouded by uncertainty, and suspicion, and concealment…

I would like to restate my objection from earlier for the record, which is my motion to postpone this hearing.

We have to have this conversation in the context of the total and the fact that we have only been given by your request 10 to 15 percent of those documents.

This is a hearing about who will sit on the highest court of our land.

We have not been given an opportunity to have a meaningful hearing...

We cannot possibly move forward, Mr. Chairman, with this hearing...

We as Americans should solely be responsible for the choosing of our elected leaders and the fate of our democracy.

Russia not only attacked one of our most sacred democratic values, which is a free and fair election, but also I believe our very American identity.

We, as Americans, no matter our race, religion, or region, have so much more in common than what separates us.

Russia attacked our country during the 2016 election and that they are continuing to attack us today.

We can never have a 100 percent secure system. So it's also important to remember that our systems are resilient.

More funding is essential to adequately equip States with the financial resource we need to safeguard our democracy.

Absolutely. States and the Federal Government can both be doing more.