Our extraordinary Republic has endured for nearly two and a half centuries based in large part on the understanding that our elections will be fair and free and secure.

H.R. 4 is hugely problematic.

I hope today we can have a productive conversation about voting rights and how we can best safeguard the ability of all eligible Americans to vote.

The real aim of the Act is to reverse the decision in Shelby County.

Because I have talked to landlords in my district back home, who are deeply concerned about this...

I don't want to belabor the point. I know that some folks, and you are probably one of them, just don't believe that government should be there to protect anyone.

When you Federalize this, you diminish that accountability, and eliminate that responsibility that local politicians should have.

There is an inclination right now among many of our Democrat colleagues in Congress to Federalize everything, not just housing with legislation like H.R. 1451, but we see it with voting and policing and many other issues.

Also, reduce the availability of low-income housing.

The poison of Donald Trump's big lie has put our democracy in peril.

In order to meet the scientific and technical challenges of tomorrow, we must continue to build and grow a continuous pipeline of STEM students today.