What should Congress do to ensure that other counterterrorism agencies do not similarly and unjustly target minority communities?

I think first and foremost, the strategies that are being developed...needs to identify violent white supremacy as the current serious domestic threat that it is.

There is concern amongst the civil rights community, that any new counterism authorities or resources could be used against vulnerable groups when defining violent white supremacy as international terrorism.

These fundamental disparities for hundreds of thousands of Americans are inconsistent with the core principles embodied in our Constitution.

I am so very proud to serve on this committee alongside her, to take up the fight for the rights of workers, families, and the American people.

Unfortunately, there is not one Republican cosponsor of this bill.

In June, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called D.C. Statehood 'full-bore socialism.' I don't know what this means.

There is nothing more fundamental in a democracy than the right to vote.

Today, more than 60 years after President Eisenhower said those words, D.C. residents overwhelmingly support Statehood.

For the people of D.C., taxation without representation is more than just a catchy hashtag or a bumper sticker slogan.

Today is a truly historic day for Congress, for this committee, for the people of Washington, DC, and for our democracy.

As President Abraham Lincoln declared in the Gettysburg Address, 'A true democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people.'