On the recordJune 25, 2012
The time to act is now.
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John Lewis emphasizes the urgency of passing voting rights legislation.
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Harvey Milk and the men and women who followed him struggled to break down the barriers based on race, gender, class and sexual orientation.
I think you raise a very important point about the urgency of the current situation.
I would not be here before the committee today if it were not for Senator Menendez.
I just think that it is ludicrous for us to think that somehow now, the things that we are facing, particularly in Texas and elsewhere, are not akin to the same laws that were put in place then with the same objective and the end result…