WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties issued the following statement by Damon T. Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, involving a virtual hearing on Jan. 20, 2022, entitled "Voter Suppression and Continuing Threats to Democracy": * * * My name is Damon T. Hewitt and I am the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law ("Lawy  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following floor statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Jan. 11, 2022: Mr. President, I rise today to deliver I think one of my more important speeches that I will give as a Member of this body, and that is to defend the longstanding rules of the U.S. Senate. We are at a critical moment, make no mistake. With the slimmest of majorities, the Democrats haven't been able to pass their wildly unpopu  more