G. K. Butterfield actually said...

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 ...

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

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