Terri Sewell

We need to go out and vote in numbers that we have never seen before, in every election, Federal, State, and local elections.

We must document, document, document. We must make sure that we have evidence, factual evidence of voter suppression.

I believe our job is to pass a new law that will require and put the guts back into the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The attempts to require proof of citizenship for voter registration is just a modern-day form of intimidation.

Closing DMVs in majority black counties limits the ability of black voters to get the most common use of an ID.

The price of freedom, we know, is never free. It is paid by those who have fought--fought for this right.

When our State is not exercising that right on behalf of all of its citizens, we need Federal oversight.

A statute for Congress to establish a new coverage test, a statute's current burden must be justified by current need.

But it is incumbent upon all of us to make sure that our voices are amplified at the injustices that we see in voting across America and especially in Alabama.

I want to thank Chairwoman Fudge of Ohio and Congressman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina for holding this field hearing.

We must ensure that every eligible voter can access the ballot without barriers.

On Times Square, in particular, that is a great example of a proactive fix.

I represent a very low-income district... The challenge is to try to find ways to help working families all across my district have those opportunities and those resources.

I think it is really important that we continue to check in with the American people as to this tax reform and how we could do a better job of incentivizing the behavior of everyone and uplifting all of us and not just the 1 percent.

I don't think that we have done enough to help working families.

I was very disappointed that we didn't actually get witnesses to tell us what the impact would be.

Catherine has been working for decades in Lowndes County and Alabama's Black Belt to improve the quality of life for so many families.

This issue is so critical, especially in rural communities like so many of the ones I represent.

We need to do better.

I really want to make sure that when we are talking about paid family leave, we are talking about comprehensive paid family leave, not just for new moms and fathers, but also for caregivers in all the forms that they occur.

It is not about aid, it is about trade. And it is not about short-term bailouts, it is about long-term business.

Your success is our success. We do want to get a better balance when it comes to trade with China.

The tariffs have had a really devastating effect on the folks back home in Alabama.

I think the more fundamental question is: What do we do about it?

It is personal because so many of us know that we stand on the shoulders of folks like Rep. John Lewis.