"It depends on the state. In certain -- in most states, the state legislature will be drawing the lines in some states like in Colorado, Michigan now, Arizona, California, independent commissions will be drawing the lines."
"I`m for fairness. And if the maps are drawn in a fair way, Democrats and progressives will do just fine."
"There is not a tension between fairness and Democrats doing better. In fact, if it’s fair, Democrats will do far better. Democrats don’t have to cheat. We don’t have to gerrymander. Republicans do in ..."
"Power cedes nothing without a demand. And we too often underestimate the power that we have as regular American citizens by marching, by protesting, by raising our voices."
"I do feel a certain sense of cautious optimism that we can have a carve-out of the filibuster to allow the passage of this very important bill."
"If we fight for fairness, if we make sure that we get the number of seats that we are entitled to, both in the state legislature as well as in the House of Representatives on the basis of fair criteri..."
"At the end of the day, it’s going to come down to I think a binary choice between passing this pro-democracy bill and defending an arcane Senate procedure that in the past has been used to frustrate c..."
"Without that protection, I really fear what you’re going to see happen in states like Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, and Florida in particular, where you got Republican control of both the governo..."
"The For the People Act is really a comprehensive pro-democracy bill. It deals with dark money. It deals with voter protection, and it also deals with ending partisan gerrymandering."
"Those numbers should be used in a way that comes up with representative democracy in both our state legislatures as well as the United States House of Representatives."
"I think Leader Schumer has got ideas about the process that they’re going to go through to try to convince some Senators who, at this point, seem to be more concerned about the filibuster than about o..."