"This crackdown on voting rights is like nothing we`ve seen in a generation."
"We want to stop gerrymandering, which corrupts the vision of equal representation. We want to stop billionaires from buying elections, and we want to defend the freedom and right of every citizen to b..."
"if we fail to protect the election process, then we have failed to defend the core foundation for the vision of government of by and for the people."
"Whether or not we pass this bill is a huge pivot point for the direction of America."
"It is designed to keep the voter fraud argument going both to change the laws in the states and to stop this bill in the Senate."
"the reason the Republican establishment in the Senate is opposing this is because that their power stems from a corrupted voting process, from the gerrymandering, from the dark money, from the voter s..."
"I would like to highlight for my colleagues, and others, that the hearing record will be open until two weeks after the arrival of the President's fiscal year 2022 budget request, so that everyone wil..."
"It is transparency is so important in these situations."
"Thank you very much. I wanted to turn to water infrastructure."
"I look forward to the--of reading over the details of that, and understanding for every million dollars we invest in plan A, how much would it affect recruitment versus a million dollars in plan B?"
"I would like to see a dialogue that leads to a comprehensive plan, because right now it's: the water system goes down, emergency repairs, people are out of water for a couple months, it is repaired, t..."