If we can't all vote, if we can't all fully participate, then we are not a true democracy.

The chaos and confusion which ensued from that piece of legislation until it was overturned as unconstitutional was costly to people.

I think about Pennsylvania, and we are the poster State for some good things surrounding voters rights and some very bad things.

As we came back down the bridge, my husband stood at a plaque, you know, a bronze plaque memorializing the Voting Rights Act.

Voter ID, which is going to allow Mitt Romney to win the State of Pennsylvania, done.

VAWA provides vital resources to support victims, hold offenders accountable, and keep communities safer.

The most critical factor enabling a victim of domestic violence to escape further abuse is the ability to obtain physical separation.

In many of our Tribal communities, we have what we call two-spirit people, who are LGBTQ people.

VAWA needs to grow. VAWA needs to be inclusive. And VAWA needs to include all, if the violence is going to stop.

Each reauthorization of VAWA has made important improvements leading to tangible results.

There is no basis for circumventing the appropriations process with a declaration of national emergency on the southern border.

I also want to reiterate the findings of 58 former national security officials who condemned the President's emergency declaration, and stated that any redirection of funds will, quote, 'undermine U.S. national security and foreign policy…