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On the recordAugust 3, 2020
if Republicans refuse, we must cast aside the filibuster as the 'Jim Crow relic' it represents.
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Cedric Richmond
Democratic · Louisiana

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Richmond criticizes the filibuster and urges action on voting rights.

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