"Although the perpetrators have been caught, we cannot let that be the end of this particular tragic incident, especially in the area of hate crimes."
"Congress has an important role to play in oversight of all executive branch activities."
"I would also be interested in hearing what actions you have taken to enforce the so-called MOVE Act."
"I was struck by how active and engaged the Civil Rights Division has been around the 180 servicemembers who were inappropriately foreclosed upon."
"In addition to the MOVE Act, last Congress also passed the Matthew Shepard hate crimes law which made two crucial updates to the hate crimes definition."
"Well, it is my hope that we will take them up and move them forward, and I am grateful for Senator Franken's line of questioning about bullying."
"The idea that folks can be identified as being Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, based on their identity or their membership in certain civil rights advocacy groups strikes me as ignori..."
"Well, thank you, Mr. Perez, for your testimony here, for your evident passion and persistence and engagement in the hard work of pressing back against the head winds of intolerance, and making real th..."
"I hope that the Senate will, indeed, take the opportunity to move in a bipartisan and responsible way to reconsider the CFAA."
"I also want to make sure that we are striking the right balance, as you mentioned, between privacy and continuing to be certain that there are robust divisions between DOD authority and domestic law e..."
"I also view [Ms. Abrams] as someone who is from a family with a heart for service, someone with the sort of stunning intellect that could have qualified her for service of any kind, but who instead ch..."
"I would like to call to order today's hearing focusing on one of the most critical issues in the world today, responding to the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa."