G. K. Butterfield: “More than one out of every four people in the eastern North Carolina district I represent live in poverty.”

The burden of proof is on the Member to prove that she is not guilty of the offense for which she is charged.

The Voting Rights Act has transformed American politics and we are on a good trajectory.

Let me say thank you to our colleague, and fellow Member of the Committee on House Administration, my friend Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon of the Fifth District.

Section 5 has been very meaningful and has meant a lot to the political progress the minority groups have made across the country.