G. K. Butterfield: “I believe it to be appropriate to fully fund this bipartisan effort that we passed in the first iteration of CARA.”

I say to the gentleman that I am prepared to close. Mr. Davis is my friend, and I want the world to know that. I reserve the balance of my time.

In conclusion, our democracy works best when every voter can make their voice heard.

Let me also just say to my colleagues that I had every intention of being with you today.

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.