Voting is a right. And so we need to be encouraging people to vote and not trying to discourage them.

What is the purpose of placing those impediments?

The Supreme Court has a responsibility to protect that right so that every citizen is considered equal.

It is our duty as elected Members of Congress to uphold and defend the Constitution and protect the rights of the voter.

Our goal should be a system where all eligible voters can cast ballots without barriers and have confidence that their votes are counted accurately.

It is time for us to set the right example as a democracy and encourage people to vote.

We could not have made these field hearings work without you.

I live in a county of more than a million people. We have one early voting site. One.

I urge this Committee and this Congress to carefully study the record amassed during the extensive hearings and field work and to fulfill the promise of our Constitution and restore protections needed to ensure that African Americans…

When we disenfranchise people who have paid their debt to society, we have violated the Constitution.

Voting is a fundamental right for every single American citizen, and protecting that right is a responsibility...

Uniformity is not really fairness or equity. So I think Ohio should be in that number.

Voter suppression is pervasive. Voters in this country face extraordinary barriers to the ballot.

I bet you, any other democracy in this world doesn't do what we do. We should make it a holiday.

I think it is illegal for us to even hold them to State standards.

We do not believe that we should allow states to set separate income and asset standards other than what Congress has provided.

It is just ridiculous. And I am sick of hearing it. It is just like a broken record.

I take hunger very, very seriously.

I am so sick of it. So because one person scammed the system we are supposed to punish hungry kids.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was intended to protect the right to vote in every single corner of the United States.

It is unconscionable to me that somebody would have to drive an hour or two or three hours to cast a ballot.

We have the responsibility to ensure election security and integrity in any election.

Voting is a right given to us by the Constitution.

Protecting the right to vote is fundamental to the health of our democracy.

Mailing a bill is not a right. Voting is.