"We do not live in that same world today, but, my God, have we strayed far afield of the original intent."
"The absurdity of the arguments being propounded on the other side of the aisle are all subterfuge."
"This is a wrong based in race, based in very sorted history that is long overdue to be righted."
"We have never made partisanship a condition of statehood."
"Assumptions are dangerous. Behavior changes. We can't make decisions on that basis."
"This issue today is really about Democratic unfinished business."
"200 bills have been introduced in 43 states since the election last November to restrict, repress, suppress the vote."
"I grieve at what's happened to the party of Lincoln, the party of emancipation, the party of 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments."
"I think, for decades has operated with impunity with respect to the United States relationship."
"the United States needs to approach this relationship with boldness and fortitude."
"the brutal murder of Khashoggi...was a rebuke to the values for which America stands."