MALDEF urges the enactment of H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, with 'known practices coverage' incorporated.

I thank our witnesses and our Members for being here today, and particularly Congressman Sewell for her sponsorship and her long work on this effort.

This problem justifies strong congressional action to ensure that Native Americans, like all Americans, can be free to participate fully in our democracy.

He personally meant to me a great competitor, a great fighter for what he believed in and the people he fought for, but also would be one that also could reach across the aisle.

We need to prevent these foreseeable harms of these types of discriminatory election practices, and we urge Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act to its full strength by enacting the Voting Rights Advancement Act and its practice-based…

If we could make that mandatory, the elimination of any felon disenfranchisement laws in Federal elections, that would be an enormous step forward.

I will actually challenge the Senate, today or tomorrow will be a great day to honor him and pass that bill as we go forward.

we are saddened greatly by the loss of a great American, great congressperson, but a great American and human being in Elijah Cummings

Elijah's presence, passion, and moral clarity will be missed. My heart goes out to his family, his constituents, and to all of us who will miss him so very, very deeply.

Questions from Hon. Steve Cohen to Hon. Karen Freeman-Wilson, Mayor, City of Gary, Indiana, and President, National League of Cities.

This is why I introduced H.R. 3663, the Complete Streets Act of 2019, with Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts.