If you could make exceptions for nominees and reconciliation, you can make exceptions for legislation to protect fundamental constitutional rights.

We all know that the filibuster is not in the Constitution. It`s not a law. It`s a tradition. And traditions means the past. The filibuster, I think, has its place, but not when it comes to voting and other constitutional issues.

I wouldn`t dismiss the influence that Clyburn has on this process but that being said, you got to convince skeptical recalcitrant Democrats in the Senate to embrace and endorse this, if you want to get to 50.

They should go wherever the facts lead. I would not want to see a former president testifying in such a situation as this, but if that`s what it takes to get to the bottom of this.

We here in the Congress were going to do what`s necessary to put that in the dustbin of history.

I think we`re at a crossroads on that. I`ve been arguing now for some time that our democracy is at peril.

It is time for them to demand that their elected officials do the things that are necessary to preserve the integrity of this great democracy, because he is at peril.

This is not a partisan issue. The virus is equally dangerous for Democrats and Republicans, and the vaccines are equally safe and effective for Democrats and Republicans.

I am deeply concerned about vaccination rates in our rural communities.

We're here this morning to discuss an issue of broad, bipartisan concern: the critical need to overcome vaccine hesitancy.

We need to know why there was an insurrection on January 6. Who was behind it? Who financed it? Exactly what it was all about?

I think both of them are Republicans. Both of them are conservative Republicans. And both of them are real about what happened on January 6th.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time. I listened pretty intently to the minority leader talking about theory, a principle upon which a set of practices are made. That is what a theory is. We are not here today to talk about…

I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio for yielding to me. I thank her for the tremendous leadership she has given as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. I appreciate her work, and I appreciate her friendship. Madam Speaker, I woke up this…

I assure you that, in my instance, my Governor is a Republican. In fact, he was the first Governor to endorse the previous President. But we are very close friends, and we have been in consultation over what to do as we go forward. I am…

I thank the gentleman for his friendship and kind remarks today. But I am looking forward to the majority leader coming back and taking his rightful place at this mike. The gentleman and I can continue our relationship with the Select…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I have not consulted with the majority leader on that subject. I suspect that we will wait for the Senate's actions and make determinations as needed when we get some definition as to what they are going…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As you mention, we were on it this week with the presence of Chairman Powell at our select subcommittee hearing. Chairman Powell made two things very clear to us. Number one, he says it would be a big…

I appreciate the gentleman allowing me to stand in for the majority leader. I know he joins me in hoping that the majority leader will be back with us very shortly and that this will be his last time having to contend with me. I hope that…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I don't know that I have any more to add to that except to say that, if we go back into history, we have got to know that rail was not infrastructure until Abraham Lincoln decided that it should be…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I assure the gentleman that his concerns are well considered on this side of the aisle. Next week will be our last week before going into the Independence Day break, and I suspect some assessments will…

These bills are absolutely necessary, as we see a concerted effort by Republican legislatures across the country to make it harder to vote and, oh, easier to overthrow elections.

Mail-in ballots are secure. They have multiple levels of security.

This is not a Federal takeover of the election process. Article I, section 4 of the Constitution empowers Congress to regulate Federal elections.

I happen to agree with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who dissented in that case, saying that preclearance was, in fact, working and throwing it away was like throwing away an umbrella in a storm because you are not getting wet.