"That is the only time in this country that every single one of us is equal, is on election day."
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
"It is unfortunate that we are making it harder for people to vote and not easier for people to vote."
"It is incumbent upon Congress to come up with a modern-day formula."
"It is very befitting, Madam Chairwoman, that we are here in Alabama, befitting that this Subcommittee would come here to Alabama to hold one of its seven field hearings."
"I want you to know that your Congresswoman fights every day to represent not only you but people like you all across this country."
"I think that the 2018 mid-term election is proof positive of the need for a stronger Voting Rights Act of 1965."
"After all, it was the citizens of Alabama, many the city citizens of my Congressional district, that had the audacity to march, pray, and die for the sacred right to vote, which led to the passage of ..."
"It's crucial that we address the ongoing challenges to voting rights in our communities."
"I am more concerned now than when you came in about how easily our systems are compromised."
"We have been traveling the country a bit just getting data and information about voting irregularities, voter suppression, et cetera."