"If you have children, if you work for a living, if you are a woman, if you vote, if you care about the air we breathe or the water we drink, you need to pay close attention to the confirmation hearing and the work of the Supreme Court."
"Many low-income individuals are denied the opportunity for legal services, which is hardly equal justice under the law."
"How do I explain to a 50-some year old woman with a couple children who is fired after 25 years in the workforce because the employer wants to hire someone half her age and pay one-third the salary?"
"We live through the election procedures and we see obstacles in the way of voters."
"It took a long time. A lot of people worked hard, people gave up their lives in order that we have the right to vote and expanded the right to vote."
"Thurgood Marshall helped make our union more perfect. And the legacy illuminates the highest possibilities for all Americans, yesterday, today and tomorrow."
"Last year the Supreme Court chipped away at the existing precedent in Brown v. Board of Education."
"There were direct efforts made to diminish minority voting."
"I'm proud that we've instituted it in Maryland and I think what you have instituted at Harvard also gives you a better diversity of student body."
"Citizens United to many of us is a step backwards."
"I am proud to be an original cosponsor that would provide protection in the workplace for LGBT."