Mazie Hirono: “I know that you are aware of the bill that Senator Joni Ernst and I introduced.”

The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major turning point in our country that finally gave many previously excluded people of color real access to the polls.

It is more urgent than ever that Congress pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Families of students with disabilities deserve an educational system that is going to provide their kids with the education services that (are) required under IDEA.

That’s why Senate Democrats are here speaking out and fighting back. We know what’s at stake, and we refuse to stand by while Republicans undermine our democracy and our sacred right to vote.