02/11/2009
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"I might as well have gone to the South Indian Ocean and tried to find that airplane. It would have been easier than to find a Republican who was willing to put his name on a Voting Rights Act."
"We should not be the Gulag of the world which we pretty much are, putting more people in prison than any other country."
"That is what America is about. You go around the country, and what do people talk about? America, civil justice system, the rule of law, and people getting democracy and the right to vote."
"Thank you, Mr. Chair. I welcome today's hearing on Senate Bill 2040, the 'Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.'"