On the recordJune 10, 2009
Those of us who have addressed this issue, who have thought about it, who have read the various opinions, we have never viewed this as a race-based issue.
Source
congress.govEditor's note · Context
Hirono emphasizes that the bill is not seen as race-based.
Share
More from Mazie Hirono
Apr 4, 2025
A vote against this amendment is a vote to screw the most vulnerable people in our country. I yield. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.
Dec 18, 2024
this package contains two bills with broad, bipartisan support. One of those bills, H.R. 6062, is sponsored by Delegate Amata Radewagen of American Samoa. This bill will repeal a requirement that the Constitution of American Samoa can only…
Jul 7, 2026
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.
Other voices in this conversation
