"It is an honor to be here at my first Joint Economic Committee hearing, and I look forward to working under your leadership."
"almost all of those hard-won gains have been erased due to this economic downturn created by a once-in-a-century pandemic."
"They need to get rid of the filibuster in order to pass the voting rights bill that already passed in the House of Representatives, at least just do a simple carve out."
"History is watching us, and our children are counting on us."
"If you want to honor Dr. King, stand up against voter suppression right now."
"The most fundamental question is, where do you stand on voting rights?"
"If we hadn’t won this election, if Georgia hadn’t stood up, the people of Georgia, we wouldn’t have passed that $1.9 trillion bill we just passed, the American Rescue Plan."
"Dr. King used to say the arc of the universe is long, but it bends towards justice. It’s our job to keep bending the arc."
"They don`t like the outcome, and so this is democracy in reverse."
"This is what Dr. King meant when he said that there comes a time when silence is betrayal."
"It is about whether we are who we say we are. Either we are a democracy or we’re not."