Many of the witnesses, Madam Chair, today have commented on the disgraceful and disturbing fact that African-American women are three to four times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than their counterparts.
Butterfield highlights racial disparities in maternal health outcomes.
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The ability to cast a ballot free of undue burden and discrimination is the cornerstone of our participatory democracy.
Unfortunately, the High Court decided that political gerrymandering is not protected by the Federal Constitution.
In conclusion, our democracy works best when every voter can make their voice heard.
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.
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