"I happen to be one of them, Joy. I spoke out about it publicly a couple of years ago because of all these restrictive laws that were coming up. This is not something where we are in the minority."
"We need a president who refuses to sign an infrastructure bill until meaningful voting rights legislation is passed."
"We have urged them to do it. The chairman of the Judiciary Committee is very clear on this."
"These are bounty hunters, Joy. I mean, they were allowing people to say that they’re going to get $10,000 for a successful lawsuit for undermining constitutional rights."
"We have to have the Department of Justice actively go out and prosecute in these cases, but -- to uphold our constitutional right, but also, Joy, we need to pass the Women`s Health Protection Act."
"The great thing about every single thing we're talking about in this reconciliation bill and the Jobs and Families Plan, it is unbelievably popular, including with Trump Republicans."
"3.5 is not just a number that was pulled out randomly, it is actually what we need, if we are going to deliver on these priorities."
"Not a single Republican voted for the American Rescue Plan, which is one of the most popular bills that we have ever passed in recent history."
"This is what we promised to the American people. Its investments in roads and bridges, it's childcare, it's paid leave, it's free community college, it's health care."
"You kill or undermine the $3.5 trillion infrastructure -- reconciliation package, the whole thing is going to collapse."
"We have to make sure that the reconciliation bill is passed before we will vote on a bipartisan deal."