"this hearing on voter suppression means a great deal to me and to them."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for this important hearing."
"I have been struck by how the pandemic has led to the rise of digital government."
"This is an important hearing for a number of reasons."
"This hearing is of historic significance, because it is only the second Senate hearing on our D.C. statehood bill in the nation's history."
"Again, Chairman Peters and Senator Carper, thank you for your leadership on this bill."
"Congress does have a choice. It can continue to exclude D.C. residents from the democratic process, forcing them to watch from the sidelines as Congress votes on Federal and D.C. laws and to treat the..."
"The fact that more than half a million Americans live in the District of Columbia and are denied a single voting representative in Congress is clear an historic wrong and justice demands that it be ad..."
"D.C. pays more Federal taxes per capital--and I will repeat that one. The residents I represent pay more taxes per capita than any State, and pay more Federal taxes, right now, than 21 States."
"Senator Carper, I particularly thank you for sponsoring our D.C. statehood bill and for being a champion for D.C. in the Senate, where we have no representation."
"It also demonstrates why it is important that we repeal section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act."