G. K. Butterfield: “The data that is coming out of the states shows the necessity, the absolute necessity for a national strategy.”

Section 2 has been very effective down through the years, and those of you who have been involved in litigation, you know what I mean.

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

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

The House is honored today to welcome a great theologian and humanitarian, my friend and constituent, the distinguished William J. Barber, II. I have known Bishop Barber since he was a college student. A native of Roper, North Carolina…