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

The legacy of Jim Crow transportation is still with us. Even today, some of our transportation policies and practices destroy stable neighborhoods, isolate and segregate our citizens in deteriorating neighborhoods, and fail to provide…

The words tend to spread very fast in minority communities. To see in those ethnic publications that several major American corporations supported the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, that gives them a leg up.

When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something. You have to do something.

We need a Voting Rights Act to protect the rights of everyone, black or white, to vote. That all works when you have got a president with that kind of moral sense and empathy. We lack that nowadays.

The right to vote is the most important non-violent tool to build a model perfect union that we know.

[t]he vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.

Your vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful, nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union.

When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.

When we see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.

Stopping human trafficking and modern-day slavery is one of the great moral challenges of today.

If not me, who? If not now, when?

Technology is frequently misused to facilitate human trafficking in persons.

Each and every one of us must cherish this planet, for it is likely the only home we will ever know. Combating climate change is not a Democratic or a Republican issue. It is a question of preserving this little piece of real estate that…

We need to develop better tools to disrupt criminal networks, to bring the perpetrators to justice, and to support the victims of human trafficking.

In the words of Congressman John Lewis, the Supreme Court stuck a dagger into the heart of the Voting Rights Act.

When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something.

Congressman John Lewis says it is a different America today from 1960 and before.

It is a different country from 50 years ago, but it is not a whole country.

Congressman John Lewis's Every Child Deserves a Family congressional act, H.R. 3114, will overturn those bad laws nationwide.

It is my belief that those supporting religious liberty have chosen religion as a parallel war of discrimination today.

I urge the committee to support passage of H.R. 3114 and require the U.S. Department and Health and Human Services to end discrimination in foster care programs and to provide affirming services to every LGBTQ child in foster care…

For me, as a middle class American, this protection of civil rights is important.

That is why I do support the bipartisan Every Child Deserves a Family Act, H.R. 3114, which would end discrimination based on religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

The abuse of Christian scripture and principles to justify prejudice is nothing new.