Mazie Hirono: “Why can't he use it to help 800,000 people who are working women, many of them, without paychecks?”

It is more urgent than ever that Congress pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

That’s why Senate Democrats are here speaking out and fighting back. We know what’s at stake, and we refuse to stand by while Republicans undermine our democracy and our sacred right to vote.

The passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major turning point in our country that finally gave many previously excluded people of color real access to the polls.

Their allies on the Court are making it easier for Republicans to dilute the voting power of minorities to tip the scales in their favor, not just in this year’s election, but for years to come.