On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
I said then and I say now, it was necessary that the act be intrusive because it had to force change, and it would not have happened without the power of the Federal Government. That is a plain fact.
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congress.govJeff Sessions: “I said then and I say now, it was necessary that the act be intrusive because it had to force change, and it would not…”
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Sessions defends the intrusive nature of the Voting Rights Act for enforcing change.
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