This Congress can restore the strength of the Voting Rights Act to enact the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in his name, in his honor, and carrying forward that legacy.

The final thing that this Congress can do to help this division do its job is to take steps to restore the independence of the Justice Department, which has been so undermined.

if he had not done it, we would have more of this massive property destruction, personal and private property all across the country

Until May of this year, the Civil Rights Division under the Trump administration did not file, as I understand it, a single case enforcing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

the frustration around the country is a reflection of that.

The Civil Rights Division has become a twisted shadow of its former self in Bill Barr's dystopian Justice Department.

There are things that the Civil Rights Division can do to help in that fight.

That dog won't hunt. Under our system of checks and balances, the Congress has the right and the obligation to conduct vigorous oversight.

What we have seen with his administration is the targeting of the use of the enforcement to gain political advantage in the upcoming election and that has been just very, very disturbing to see.

I hope you will bring up the fact that African Americans are the most disproportionately hurt by the coronavirus...

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