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Terri Sewell is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district since 2011. She is the first African American woman elected to Congress from Alabama. Sewell has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout her tenure. She is a member of the Democratic Party and has been an advocate for civil rights and voting access.
I rise as the designee of Mrs. Walorski for the Walorski-Sewell amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by…
I want to thank Chairwoman Fudge of Ohio and Congressman G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina for holding this field hearing.
We must ensure that every eligible voter can access the ballot without barriers.
A statute for Congress to establish a new coverage test, a statute's current burden must be justified by current need.
But it is incumbent upon all of us to make sure that our voices are amplified at the injustices that we see in voting across America and especially in Alabama.
When our State is not exercising that right on behalf of all of its citizens, we need Federal oversight.
Closing DMVs in majority black counties limits the ability of black voters to get the most common use of an ID.
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.
We must document, document, document. We must make sure that we have evidence, factual evidence of voter suppression.
The price of freedom, we know, is never free. It is paid by those who have fought--fought for this right.
The attempts to require proof of citizenship for voter registration is just a modern-day form of intimidation.
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