"The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the most effective civil rights statutes that has ever been enacted into law."
"Without the Religious Freedom Restoration Act the fundamental religious rights of all Americans to worship as their consciences dictate will remain threatened."
"If you drag this student into a debt that is unimaginable, unpayable, your institution is going to be on the line, too."
"Thirty-five percent of all student loan defaults are students from for-profit colleges and universities."
"Our legislation would address head on the manifest unfairness that student loans, unlike every other unsecured debt, such as credit cards or auto loans, are effectively non-dischargeable in bankruptcy..."
"Section 5's preclearance provision broke this legal logjam and helped to stop this discriminatory practice."
"I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and will do equal right to the poor and the rich, and will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the dutie..."
"Reckless, stained attacks on the integrity and legitimacy of individual justices and judges have become all too common."
"The Federal judiciary is the pillar of our Nation's government, an institution nearly synonymous with upholding the rule of law."
"We should ask whether there needs to be greater transparency with respect to information regarding the Federal judiciary."
"Congress has an interest in ensuring that this hard-earned reputation is maintained."