Alcee Hastings: “I am very pleased and privileged to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Solis) that doubtless has…”

If it had not been for Section 5, G.K. Butterfield and Marcia Fudge and I would not be sitting here in the United States Congress.

We must have a full restoration of the Voting Rights Act in this country, and hearings like this are critically important in accomplishing that goal.

Let's judge our partners and friends, not by number of laws they have adopted but by the effectiveness with which they are implementing these laws.

The voters spoke, and the legislature spoke against the voters. And you tell them I said so.