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Terri Sewell: “I believe our job is to pass a new law that will require and put the guts back into the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”

On the recordMay 12, 2019
I believe our job is to pass a new law that will require and put the guts back into the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Terri Sewell
Democratic · Alabama

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Sewell emphasizes the need for new legislation to strengthen voting rights.

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