Hank Johnson

Yet, the new legislative maps do not reflect this tremendous growth of Georgia's Black population.

Because of the election of Donald Trump and the Make America White Again movement, he feels empowered to be able to say what he wants to say.

In some respects, we can call it a racist Senate.

Voting rights is not going away, even though the Senate last night failed to do what it should have done.

It is so important to understand that what we witnessed last night isn't the end because the Voting Rights Act, originally, it took three attempts to finally pass.

We need Congress to join us, to hold true to your constitutional duty to protect our vote.

We are looking at new lyrics, but the same old song.

The vote is the currency in any democracy.

As President Biden recently said, "Capitalism without competition isn't capitalism; it's exploitation."

Only by addressing the vulnerabilities in our system can we revitalize our global supply chain infrastructure.

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically exposed the vulnerability of global supply chains, and today millions of Americans are discovering half-empty store shelves, longer delivery times, and increasingly expensive consumer goods.

You deny climate change as being connected with CO2 emissions, correct?

Isn't it true that between 1998 and 2017, ExxonMobil Corporation spent $36 million with think tanks promoting climate denial?

My friends on the other side of the aisle claim that our democracy is strengthened when close elections are subjected to forensic audit by outside entities.

My opinion is that abortion is a medical issue, not a political issue.

How duplicitous and hypocritical is that?

A large metropolitan law enforcement agency with the consent of the governed has the ability to purchase whatever equipment they need, but the bottom line is the civilian authorities get to decide, and the taxpayers pay for it. But there…

Rather than defund police, this amendment restores civilian authority over law enforcement. And I will submit to you that a small law enforcement agency doesn't need a military-grade tank to rescue stranded individuals due to a hurricane…

A small law enforcement agency being able to order massive amounts of military equipment directly from the battlefields of this country and to do it without consent of the governed is wrong, and that is what this amendment will get at. Mr…

Rage has become the defining emotion of our times, and we witnessed rage from Trump and Members of Congress when Trump lost the election.

Section 2 litigation is a lengthy process, often taking 2--5 years to completion

I agree with what Mr. Spital just testified, and I would point to the geographic coverage formula in H.R. 4, as the House passed it in 2019, as an improvement over participation rates.

Should Congress look at other indicators in addition to registration and turnout to measure the pervasiveness or persistence of race discrimination in the voting process?

I think that the approach that this Congress has been taking in the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act is an appropriate one.

Do current conditions, specifically the deluge of State laws making it more difficult to vote since the Shelby County decision, justify the need for a new coverage formula?