Steve Cohen actually said...

I thank all of you for attending today. This field hearing is part of a series of hearings of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution...

The purpose of this preclearance requirement is to ensure that jurisdictions that were most likely to discriminate against minority voters.....

I have no reason to believe they'll do anything that is in keeping with the traditions of the relationship between the executive and the jud...

This is not going to happen. Trump and Barr would fire whoever tried to do it.