Richard Blumenthal actually said...

I think it really is designed to raise awareness and show our own commitment to fighting bigotry.

If you wait until the train wreck to come together for the first time, you are seldom going to be able to forge the necessary consensus.

Your challenge is primarily in the area of enforcement, not so much the substantive authority that you would see the Congress improving.

civil rights is indeed this joint venture among Federal, State, and local partners.