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On the recordJanuary 28, 2019
This committee has done it before. In 2006, Congressman Sensenbrenner led a successful effort to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and we need you to do so again.
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Eric Swalwell
Democratic · California

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References past success in reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act as a model for current efforts.

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