"People understand just how precarious and important this all is and that it calls upon all of us to do what we can while we still have this window to act. Thanks, by the way, to the Texas State House ..."
"This could spell the end of multiracial democracy that was guaranteed in 1965 by our fellow Texan, LBJ, when he signed into law the Voting Rights Act."
"This is a time for Democrats to act. This is our moment of truth to step up and stand up for this country."
"I don't -- the excuses that, you know, they wrote in the legislation, that voting cannot begin till 1:00 p.m. And they said that was a typo, they really meant 11. That might almost be believable if th..."
"If the United States Senate can pass the voting rights bill known as the For The People Act, it would stop these provisions in Texas and Georgia and Florida, in other states that have adopted them."
"The incidence of election fraud in Texas is lower than the incidence of Texans being struck by lightning."
"This is all taking place under the guise of, quote/unquote, standardizing our elections. Who can be against that? But we might have as the same questions of ourselves 100 years ago about the poll task..."
"If we fail to do this and we only really have this summer to do this work and get it passed, we don’t only lose this window this year, or this cycle, we might very well, given the threats that are alr..."
"We need more action from all of us. I mean certainly the people here in Texas, while there’s still time to try to stop this. But we need more from the Biden administration, and we need more from our f..."
"They must pass the For the People Act. That’s the Voting Rights Act of our day and our age, and it will do more than anything else to roll back these voter suppression efforts throughout this country ..."
"Given that fact, we have an extraordinary team on the ground."
"We can’t sleep on this one. We can’t wait this out. We need action now."