It has been almost a year and a half since this Committee last conducted oversight of the Civil Rights Division.

Where civil rights are not protected, equality, liberty, and the very pursuit of happiness are denied.

I hope to hear about the work of the Division in fighting some of the more insidious forms of institutional discrimination.

I was struck by how active and engaged the Civil Rights Division has been around the 180 servicemembers who were inappropriately foreclosed upon.

I would also be interested in hearing what actions you have taken to enforce the so-called MOVE Act.

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 ignoring, as I said in my opening statement…

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 chose to dedicate her adult life to…

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 enforcement, and that we are respecting…

I hope that the Senate will, indeed, take the opportunity to move in a bipartisan and responsible way to reconsider the CFAA.

it is tragic to have this particular crisis be what most Americans will be seeing about Africa in the month ahead.