G. K. Butterfield: “I would like to focus my questions on the rental car safety bill that I introduced with the support of Ranking member…”

We took the case into Federal court, and the lower Federal courts ruled in our favor and ruled that the State legislature engaged in partisan gerrymandering and that it was a violation of the Federal Constitution.

What was struck down was Section 4, which is the formula that decides which States, which counties, which cities are included in Section 5.

May I inquire about how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Clark of Massachusetts). The gentleman from North Carolina has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Illinois has 2\1/4\ minutes remaining.

The ability to cast a ballot free of undue burden and discrimination is the cornerstone of our participatory democracy.