Richard Blumenthal actually said...

the right to vote is foundational of all other rights

I feel very strongly--I know that a number of us on the Committee agree--that more transparency, more visibility is important for the public...

Historic is a word often overused in this place where a lot of history is made but today seems, truly, to merit it.

It opened the ballot box to millions and millions of Americans and it became regarded as the crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement.