On the recordJanuary 13, 2022
Today I rise to share the words of my constituent, Yolanda Renee King, that I received this morning: ``I am 13 years old and the only grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King. When I was just 5 years old, in 2013, the Supreme Court undid the Voting Rights Act that my grandparents and so many in their generation fought and died for. ``When I was 12, in 2021, the Supreme Court further weakened the law until there was almost nothing left. ``States like my home State of Georgia were ready and waiting. They immediately passed laws that make it harder for people to vote, make it impossible to protect elections, and even criminalize the act of passing out food and water to people who wait in long lines. ``That means I and my peers have fewer rights today than we had the day we were born. I can only imagine what my grandparents would say about that. We must pass Federal voting rights legislation now to ensure democracy for all Americans. We cannot wait.''
