Cedric Richmond

We must ensure all voices can be heard in our democracy by restoring voting rights, enacting automatic voter registration, and ending partisan gerrymandering, as H.R. 1 and H.R. 4 would do.

Voters should not be forced to choose between their health and their right to vote.

As we approach the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act later this week, I can't think of a better way to honor the life of Congressman John Lewis by having the Senate follow the House's lead and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights…

I urge my Senate colleagues to step up and provide State and local election officials the funding they need to administer safe, secure, and auditable elections this November.

The President does not have the power to move the date of the November election.

We have a President who has repeatedly tried to manipulate a news cycle, going so far as to falsely suggest he can move the election date.

The vote is the most powerful, nonviolent change agent you have in a Democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed.

We must vigorously defend our right to vote, our access to the ballot box, and the integrity of our election.

I just wanted to give you that based on your numbers.

Any data that you have that shows that African Americans are less likely to die at the hands of police or be shot or shot at, to me, is an incorrect analysis.

If you actually look at the deaths, according to the numbers you just gave, 42 percent of the deaths are African American, and 58 percent are white.

Actions speak louder than words, and you really should keep the name of the Honorable John Lewis out of the Department of Justice's mouth.

That, sir, is systematic racism. That is exactly what John Lewis spent his life fighting.

I think that was over a slim voter margin. I'm talking about if it is very clear that the President has lost an election, does he have a remedy to contest the election?

But that is not true. I mean, look, I am from New Orleans. I am familiar with project worksheets.

Now, the HEROES Act that provides so much funding for public schools is wasting away in the Senate.

I am proud to report that leaders of this subcommittee, including Chairman Richmond, Ranking Member Katko, and Representatives Jackson Lee, Rice, Slotkin, Green, and Joyce all have recommendations to the forthcoming National Defense…

CBP does not provide officers and agents with training to identify medical distress in children.

As much as I would want to go into the shortage issue and the proverbial Trumpism of pitting communities against each other, and I guess that is what we are doing in terms of access to doctors, I just won't entertain it.

Please describe for the committee the reasons ICE detainees are placed in solitary confinement inside your facilities.

Thank you, and with that, Mr. Chairman, I yield back.

Leading by example is one of the ways that we are going to defeat COVID-19 and save lives.

Accurate information to the American people is very important.

This issue is far too important to the American people to simply politicize it or play defense.

Let's assume two kids go out at night to the school dance. When the Black mother is waiting by the phone and the phone rings and the child says, ``Well, there was a problem,'' and both kids say, ``We see police lights. The police are on…