Steve Cohen

I wanted to be on the bill. So, there had already been about five republicans on it, and I went to find a republican, and I have lots of republican friends.

Chairman Jackson Lee, who has been a great leader, too, and somebody who I have learned much from.

I want to thank my chairman, Chairman Nadler, who has been historically involved in this issue.

Congress needs to create a new coverage formula that will reinvigorate the Act's most important enforcement mechanism.

This means that they couldn't take action, impede an election, and then force people to sue, and have dilatory tactics, and get through the election in an improper fashion.

I thank you for allowing us to host this hearing. If there is anything that is required of us, please let us know.

The purpose of this preclearance requirement is to ensure that jurisdictions that were most likely to discriminate against minority voters... would bear the burden of proving that any changes in the voting laws towards minority voters were…

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, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Hearing no objection, I will now recognize myself for an opening statement.

It is still an issue.

The moral arc of the universe turns towards justice. Slow, but it goes in the direction of justice, Dr. King.

Thank you very much, Harry Burn.

I respectfully urge that H.J. Resolution 38, proposed by Congresswoman Speier, is proper, constitutional, and merits swift markup and adoption by the House.

I look forward to that day and to the discussion among today's witnesses.

I am proud to be a co-sponsor of both measures.

A simple but fundamental guarantee of equality should be welcomed rather than feared.

We know that in the year 2019 it is unacceptable that women are still not paid equal wages for equal work.

The purpose of the ERA is simple but critical. It guarantees that women are treated equally under the law.

Don't buy new ones. Get them redone, 750 17th Avenue, right opposite the Executive Office Building, great deal.

Yes, well, we need to find a way to reuse or reduce our use of plastics and then reuse whatever possible.

We really shouldn't be using plastic bottles with water.

Why can't Dow come up with something that is good for the environment rather than things that are bad for the environment?

Reuse your plastic frames. Don't buy new ones.

It's reduce, recycle, and reuse. Well, reduce, and that's what you--we've got to do because it is getting in the water and animals are dying.

I hope this committee will also consider the School Bus Safety Act, a bill I am planning to reintroduce with Senator Tammy Duckworth, to implement several of the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendations to improve school bus…