Oh, it`s going to happen. It is going to happen, because I`m telling you right now, Joy, I am going to fight.

It would be nice if we had an anti-lynching law in this country.

Never give up. Never give in. Never give out. Keep the faith and keep your eyes on the prize.

keep pushing, keep fighting, don`t get - don`t get down, it`s going to be a hard struggle. But you got to keep pushing for those left out and left behind.

I just think that it is ludicrous for us to think that somehow now, the things that we are facing, particularly in Texas and elsewhere, are not akin to the same laws that were put in place then with the same objective and the end result…

I openly encourage people to vote all over the country and in Texas right now.

I believe more than anything else that when we look at the disappearance of preclearance from the Voting Rights Act... this is a new phenomenon in an old ball game.

Democratic state representatives in Texas... organized a walkout in May to deny Republicans a quorum.

How can that be consistent with our bipartisan--I will go beyond that--nonpartisan... commitment for everybody to have the right to vote unimpeded?

The struggle for the right to vote has been a struggle against all political parties in our history.

Corruption is corrosive for many reasons, but in particular because it undermines citizens' beliefs that governments can deliver for them.

Chairman Menendez has the sharpest mind I have encountered, and has taught me to stand up for what I believe.

I do see good governance as a prerequisite to progress on everything else.

I would like to thank former Senator Harry Reid, who taught me the ways of the Senate during my nine years working for him.

I would not be here before the committee today if it were not for Senator Menendez.

We can’t afford to let democracy slip away. We fought for that right demonstrated with bandages on our heads. We fought to prevent changes to the Voting Rights Act and then to restore it. We were wary, tired, but we have purpose. Don’t…

You have a right to protest of what is right. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to say something, you have to do something.

We need to protect the right of our citizens to go to the polls and vote but we also need to make sure that when they get there, they have candidates who will work for them.

This is why the United States Innovation and Competition Act is so important.

The United States is creating the policies and tools needed to defend ourselves against a hostile, authoritarian China.

I am very grateful to the Chinese Communist Party because they make our task so much easier.

We do not need to abandon a global supply chain, but just shrink China's role in it.

We are in a conflict with China, and as in past conflicts, industrial strategy, industrial policy is essential.

The U.S. benefited for decades from a global supply chain that provided lower cost and greater efficiency. But that era is over.

Time is of the essence to preserve the integrity and promises of our democracy.