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On the recordJanuary 13, 2022
The January 6 insurrection may have been quelled, but the assault on our democracy is alive. Across 19 States, Republican legislatures have enacted 33 voter suppression laws. Here in Congress, we have witnessed unanimous Republican obstruction against commonsense, prodemocracy voter protections: early voting, vote by mail, election day as a Federal holiday. When did protecting the right to vote become partisan? When it became about the powerful and not the people. We can't sit on the sidelines while the most precious, sacred tool in our democracy is eroded. The question before us is simple and yet profound: Are you for the continuation of our democracy or are you not?
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Katherine Clark
Democratic · Massachusetts

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