Slavery was our Nation's original sin.

The defendant in the case was treated the worst of all.

I commend President Biden and our new administration for putting this mandate in place. It is necessary for the protection of the public.

The department's broad refusal to cooperate with the committee's legitimate request not only undermines our nation's constitutional system, a system in which no branch is above scrutiny, but also does a disservice to the public.

There is no private civil rights organization that can replace the resources of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.

It pains me to say that despite its righteous history and traditional role, the Civil Rights Division, appears under the Trump administration, to have abandoned its historical mandate to protect voting rights.

the excuse that the department provided was about as mature and sophisticated as saying the dog ate my homework.

The attorney general has said when it comes to voting that elections have been--that have been held with mail have found substantial fraud and coercion. That is a lie.

His view is unsubstantiated and simply untrue, and as we can see, I think things have deteriorated in this country around policing.

One of the purposes of justice is to bring peace to communities. Yet, Attorney General Barr has only intensified the divisions.

Get rid of these ballots, an extraordinarily transparent attempt to grab political power.