"We have seen, not only the daily mounting, gruesome death toll in every community across America where 96 people die from gun violence every day."
"It's about strengthening the Office of Government Ethics."
"There's been a profound struggle for the right to vote in American history."
"We've dismantled the property and wealth qualifications, and at every turn, there have been forces of conservatism and reaction that have tried to stop the changes."
"It is our role as Congress to guarantee that we are a government of the people."
"So we need to protect the right to vote against these constant efforts to take people's right to vote away."
"They have been taking money from foreign princes, kings, and governments in direct violation of the emoluments clause."
"H.R. 1 is serious business. It is about restoring democracy and the trajectory of Democratic enlargement and equality in our history."
"A great Republican president spoke of government of the people, by the people, and for the people."
"our colleagues across the aisle now are openly championing gerrymandering, which is reviled by the vast majority of the American people."
"I do not think our colleague fled for lack of courage."