Terri Sewell

I'm particularly concerned about the People's Republic of China's Belt and Road Initiative and their footprint in South America, in particular.

It was a global pandemic. It was not a hoax. A million people died.

Irrespective of your wealth, your race, your gender, we all want to achieve the American dream.

This hearing is about the state of the American economy. Not the Democratic economy. Not the Republican economy. It is the American economy.

In conclusion, I want to thank the chairman of this committee, Chairman Nadler; the chairman of the subcommittee, Steve Cohen; the chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, Representative Zoe Lofgren; as well as G.K. Butterfield…

I guess you would say that I`m here on the foot of the bridge to get into some good trouble. What John Lewis would call necessary trouble. In order to honor the legacy of Emilia Boynton, F.D. Reese, John Lewis and so many known and unknown…

Today, I`m at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to get into some good trouble, necessary trouble. What we need is to restore federal oversight, enforceability into voting rights. We have to write and fight for the people. So, let`s get…

Today, I`m at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge to get into some good trouble, necessary trouble. What we need is to restore federal oversight, enforceability into voting rights. We have to write and fight for the people. So, let`s get…

The world is watching Alabama. And I want you to know that these workers are following a rich tradition, a tradition of civil rights and human rights. We see you. We hear you, Alabama workers. And we are with you.

I think that we have seen this president time and time again be misogynistic and racist.

I think that both Joe and Kamala equally are wonderful examples of the American dream.

I truly believe that this ticket complements and adds to the American fabric.

I also want to thank the many stakeholder groups that have worked so hard on this bill: the Leadership Council, the Legal Defense Fund, the NAACP, the Lawyers' Committee, the AFL-CIO, MALDEF, and so many more. As we prepare to take this…

As my colleague from Maryland has shown, in Maricopa County, Arizona, which I think is where the gentlewoman is from, there is still voter discrimination. Mr. Speaker, this is a seminal piece of legislation that will restore rights for the…

We should at least know when there are changes that might affect minority populations.

It would certainly force that.

It allows for transparency in electoral processes.

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.

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 and ensure that their vote counts.

It is critical that Congress Act to investigate and legislate these activities that threaten to severely compromise the integrity of our elections.

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 elections.

Racial and ethnic discrimination is an extraordinary harm that necessitates the extraordinary remedy of preclearance.

Congress has a critical opportunity to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act.

It is not only imperative that Congress restore the Voting Rights Act, but that it authorizes an Act that addresses the modern needs and political climate of the nation.

The VRA is universally acknowledged as the most successful and most transformative piece of legislation to emerge from the Civil Rights Movement.