It is not only imperative that Congress restore the Voting Rights Act, but that it authorizes an Act that addresses the modern needs and political climate of the nation.

North Carolina... passed a sweeping voter suppression law that a Federal appeals court ultimately held to be unconstitutional, finding that it intentionally 'targeted African Americans with almost surgical precision.'

Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.

Congress has the ultimate and distinguished authority to enforce the anti-discrimination principle articulated in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, to protect the vote of every eligible citizen and ensure that their vote counts.

Congress must do its part to remove obstacles to voting for the nearly 4.7 million disenfranchised citizens who have been released from incarceration and are still denied the right to vote in federal elections.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the crowning achievements of their legacy.

The VRA is universally acknowledged as the most successful and most transformative piece of legislation to emerge from the Civil Rights Movement.

We should at least know when there are changes that might affect minority populations.

With this powerful deterrent gone, a wave of restrictive voting laws went into place.

Congress has a critical opportunity to pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act.

We need to be able to use preclearance, an efficient and effective mechanism, to address these potential voting rights violations.

the purpose of H.R. 4 is nothing less than fortifying the cornerstone of our democracy.