Jerry Nadler

And we have no authority to ban abortion without a health exception, not just the life exception for the mother, which this bill does.

The bill is facially unconstitutional.

Are we really going to take sides in this scientific debate by jailing and bankrupting people who don't agree, or actually agree with the majority of the scientific community?

Never in my 20 years as a Member of this body have I seen a colleague treated so contemptuously.

Just because we have the power to impose our will on people who have no voice does not make it right or moral.

The exclusion of Delegate Norton, who is relegated to sitting in the audience today--and I want to welcome her and apologize for the rudeness my Republican colleagues are showing a colleague by refusing her request to be heard--is yet…

The minority has been limited to one witness only demonstrates just what a farce these hearings are.

The exercise of political power doesn't alter scientific fact.

The many Americans who see the world very differently, including millions of women who value their personal autonomy and their personal liberty, can be forgiven if this looks just like another battle in the Republican war on women.

To summarize, we can devote $20 million to Las Vegas-style conferences and administrative expenses or to services to prevent violence against women. That's the choice. Vote ``yes'' on the motion to recommit. I yield back the balance of my…

Is the gentleman aware that, if the equipment is not ready, then under the law it is not readily achievable and that it doesn't have to be done at that point and that the DOJ has already met with the industry and has told them this?

If this hearing had been held next week, they would have been here.

They have told this Committee on many occasions they require 2 weeks.

I must say I object to the tenor of your remarks just now.

The accessibility of swimming pools and other recreational facilities remains a problem for people with disabilities around the country.

I also ask unanimous consent to say that I have, since speaking earlier, read Mr. Eversole's prepared testimony, and in his prepared testimony he does reference the 2012 decision of the court, the Federal court in New York, so what I took…

I don't believe I ever at any time said that I thought it would be a good idea to hold a hearing on ACORN.

The evidence is and all--study after study shows that minorities, young people, low-income people are far less likely to have the kinds of State-issued photo IDs required by these laws.

Is there any justification in terms of accuracy? In other words, is it harder to get a gun card than--do you have to prove your residency more to get a gun registration than you do to get an in-State student voter?

The evidence that the States themselves put forward show that minorities will, in fact, be disproportionately harmed by these laws.

The Federal--the Justice Department hasn't enforced that provision.

I am the only Member here that was present when the Voting Rights Act of 1965... became law

I urge all of the Committee--all of the Members of the Committee on both sides of the aisle to join us in seeking the truth.

Without it, we cease to be the America that all of us believe in. I don't believe we can ever allow that to happen.

It was a reflection of our belief that the right to vote must be inviolate and that there are still too many challenges to making that a reality for all Americans, especially members of minority communities.