Mailing a bill is not a right. Voting is.

we are going to keep fighting until we can get Section 5 restored.

Voting is a right given to us by the Constitution.

The right to vote is sacred, and as Members of Congress, we take our responsibility to protect access to the ballot very seriously.

Well, I just appreciate the fact that the program is going to continue. It is an outstanding program. It gets young people involved at a level that we could never do in any other way.

It is an outstanding program. It gets young people involved at a level that we could never do in any other way.

I want to change the subject a bit to Job Corps, if we could just talk about that for a bit.

Because kind of what I am hearing from the Chairman is that training, or lack thereof, is part of the problem.

I do hear a great deal of frustration on behalf of the rank-and-file officers in this department and I hope, Madam Chairperson, in our next hearing, we would have a chance to address that.

Thank you very much, Madam Chairperson. Thank you all so much for being here.

Clearly, if they are saying they don't get enough training, it is something that ought to be addressed.

I hope maybe 1 day you all will support a woman's right to choose what she wants to do with her own body.

People know that it is labor unions who created the middle class in this country.

The economy is not as great as they say?

If we can't pay our teachers who teach our children a decent wage, there is something wrong in this country.

But he made a comment on the record that I really wanted to clarify.

He made a comment that what happened in North Carolina is legal in most other places, which, in fact, is not true.

Diversity in the workforce is a top priority of mine.

More than 98,000 North Carolinians and 35,000 children would lose food assistance, including school meals for children, if this flexibility is eliminated.

I am strongly opposed to a similar change in the farm bill, because, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it would take school meals away from 265,000 children nationwide.

Let me just say that the Speaker of the House has made diversity one of her main issues.

If you are having problems finding them, we know people everywhere, and we can make recommendations to you.

There is something that is not quite right. But please let me know what your progress is on that.

Again I ask, what do Congressional Republicans and this Administration have against poor people?

I represent one of poorest districts in the United States. They come to my office every day wanting to find a job.