Elijah Cummings: “I want to take a moment here before I even start to thank Joyce Rose for her 25 years of public service.”

The American people demanded that their representatives in Washington fight for them and for what affects their lives on a day-to-day basis.

And I don't give a damn how you look at it; there are efforts to stop people from voting. That is not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.

If we had a House and if we had a Senate that would pass legislation and we had a President that would sign it, this problem which is the subject of this hearing today could be fixed.

It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.