"Racial and ethnic discrimination is an extraordinary harm that necessitates the extraordinary remedy of preclearance."
"Congress must do its part to remove obstacles to voting for the nearly 4.7 million disenfranchised citizens who have been released from incarceration and are still denied the right to vote in federal ..."
"It is critical that Congress Act to investigate and legislate these activities that threaten to severely compromise the integrity of our elections."
"Congress has the ultimate and distinguished authority to enforce the anti-discrimination principle articulated in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, to protect the vote of every eligible citizen..."
"We need laws that will protect voters, no matter the Administration, no matter the will of any particular Department of Justice to enforce the laws that we have."
"It allows for transparency in electoral processes."
"It would certainly force that."
"We should at least know when there are changes that might affect minority populations."
"We must ensure that every eligible voter can access the ballot without barriers."
"I want to thank Chairwoman Fudge of Ohio and Congressman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina for holding this field hearing."
"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."
"A statute for Congress to establish a new coverage test, a statute's current burden must be justified by current need."