I hope we can keep our focus where it belongs and lead to some progress.

To be clear, the Voting Rights Act is not solely about racial animus. It is about political power.

Today, we review the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder.

I hope that we can nonetheless work cooperatively in the same bipartisan spirit that guided our 2006 deliberations.

I strongly believe that the facts we found in 2006 made a compelling case for retaining Section 5.

Without preclearance the Federal Government was always playing a whack-a-mole game with local jurisdictions.

Are there any instances in the history of the United States that you know of where a grand jury subpoena said get every--get all information other than the content of a telephone call?

I believe this is totally unprecedented and is way beyond the statute.

The fact that a secret court, unaccountable to public knowledge of what it is doing, for all practical purposes unaccountable to the Supreme Court, may join you in misusing or abusing the statute is of no comfort whatsoever.

The problem, obviously, Mr. Cole, with what we are hearing from this panel... is that everything in the world is relevant.

If I had a trillion-dollar asset and I was getting $24 million return, I should be put in the nuthouse.

What these private entities are doing to move commerce is remarkable.