If they approve it, we all ought to celebrate that achievement because it would be historic for the world that quickly to get a vaccine approved.

I suspect, Mr. Chairman, we would see a flourish in the economy with undertakers and cemeteries.

I would hope that we would hear the President apologizing to the American people for having misled us as to what China was doing.

We had this administration to ask us to reopen schools. A lot of schools reopened, but according to my information, 21,000, 21,000 children and teachers contracted the virus: 21,000.

That statement by Mr. Barr was the most ridiculous, tone deaf god awful things I've ever heard.

It's not only important that we ensure the franchise of the vote but also the confidence that, when you cast that vote, that nobody else is going to be able to go and nullify your vote with an illegal vote or that you are going to have to…

These measures are especially important to ensuring that Americans with disabilities are able to safely cast their votes.

Elections are not rigged.

Every voter who casts an absentee ballot is a voter who will not be in line at the polls.

Mail-in voting is safe and secure.

We cannot allow the pandemic to be used as a cover to continue or exacerbate the ugly history of voter suppression.

If we all do our part, America is up to the challenge.

This morning, we heard the President, in his own words, recorded in February, describe the coronavirus as, and I quote, 'deadly stuff,' end of quote.

That's not fair, but that is what we've inherited.

This is America. We love participating in democracy. We promote democracy. But we also believe in this peaceful transition of power.

The right to vote is the bedrock of our democracy.

In Texas, local election officials warned that voters could be waiting in lines for hours on election day.

But this idea that the Federal Government should make states run a California-type system, when, again, weeks and weeks after the election in California, results were changing, that's not something I think instills confidence among voters.

While our Nation confronts a perfect storm resulting from an unprecedented pandemic, distress resulting from ongoing police and racial violence, we must ensure that all Americans have voice at the ballot box this season.

Yet we also heard a recording from March in which he admitted, quoting again, 'I wanted to always play it down. I still feel like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic,' end of quote.

Are we in pursuit of a more perfect Union, or are we backtracking on that pursuit?

Given the virus's more harmful impact on seniors, younger Americans must be recruited to serve as poll workers in greater numbers than ever before.

I hope all my colleagues today will join me and Mr. Ginsberg in rejecting that advice and urging Americans to follow the law and vote only once.

Republicans should agree to allocate these funds without further delay.

Indeed, as Ms. Washington has testified, voters are simply asking for voting options in order to cast their ballot freely, safely, and fairly.