Jerry Nadler

The 2013 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder is the single greatest setback to voting rights in the modern era.

I am not sure why it is the province of the Supreme Court to tell Congress how big a record to make before making legislative decisions.

It seemed that they almost invited us to.

It is fitting that this hearing is being held in a city that has been central to the struggle for achieving civil rights for all Americans.

To reestablish some of the protections that we had and maybe to go further in some other respects.

I simply wanted to, first, thank the witnesses both from the first and second panels.

There probably needs to be some changes made, particularly because, you know, we had the bad Supreme Court decision recently, which is allowing Ohio to purge people based on what we think is--what we thought was an inaccurate…

But for other reasons--I mean, if people are still alive and they are able to vote they should be allowed to vote and should not be purged from the rolls.

I think the states have an absolute right to do that, not just for their own--for legislatures but for Congress, too.

I have always read the Shelby County decision as saying that Section 4 was unconstitutional.

It seems to me that if you had a modern test you could justify this even under Shelby County.

Mr. Chairman, I certainly disagree with the decision taken by the majority of the court.

Thank you for examining discriminatory barriers to voting.

Restoring the vitality of the Voting Rights Act is of critical importance.

These kinds of voting restrictions have a disproportionate negative impact on minority voters.

I hope that members on both sides of the aisle and in both houses of Congress will come together and pass legislation to restore the Voting Rights Act to its full vitality.

One of the great unmet challenges is the current assault in legislatures and courts across the country on the right to vote.

So we should clarify that legislatively?

According to former Director Coats, the intelligence community weighed the costs against the benefits, saw that the benefits are minimal, and decided to discontinue the program.

On August 16, 2019, the NSA decommissioned the CDR program altogether.

We are doing exactly what I said a moment ago we are doing, that is to say we're examining and investigating the various malfeasances and crimes and so forth of the president.

Impeachment is a very serious matter. You don't undertake it because you can't stand the incumbent president.

The Mueller commission had found no obstruction, no collusion, and it totally exonerated the president.

The findings of the report which are very, very damning to the president be put before the American people.

The administration has systematically attacked the right of Congress to hold any administration accountable.