A State voting law has a discriminatory, regressive effect if the law disproportionately and materially burdens minority voters when it is m...
I am concerned that without the protections of the Voting Rights Act, that which we have seen in the past decade can continue into the follo...
gerrymandering is not something that is only done by Republicans. It has been done by Democrats.
they made a priority the enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.
The beauty of preclearance was that you stopped negative action before it began.
I have stood against Democrats who have engaged in that process, whether it was in the case, the redistricting case, the Rucho case, standin...
I am against partisan and racial gerrymandering done by any party in any place.
it's been the judgement across the board by our military leadership, uniform and civilian for many years.
the United States would be extremely well served by ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty.
This is an important hearing for a number of reasons.
Now, before 2013, Section 5, relying on Section 4, had helped prevent discriminatory voting laws from taking effect.
Since the Shelby County decision, millions of Americans have unnecessarily been purged from voter rolls.
One can look at words and mischaracterize them. With all due respect, Congressman, you are looking at those words and mischaracterizing them...
I think we certainly have to respond to the findings of the Shelby County decision, holding hearings like this, creating a record that shows...
Eight years ago tomorrow in the Shelby County decision, a very divided Supreme Court gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Let me just say that that is a mischaracterization of the intent of that filing.
The Court in the Shelby decision actually invited congressional action, and I think the efforts that are being led by Chairman Butterfield h...
We need to end gerrymandering so that all people, including people of color, can be represented by public servants of their choice.
