G. K. Butterfield: “I, too, am disappointed that my Republican colleagues did not see the wisdom in participating in this conversation…”

I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the motion. The text of the motion is as follows: Mr. Butterfield of North Carolina moves that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 5746 with an…

The State supreme court ruled that the congressional map was an extreme, intentional partisan gerrymander and directed legislature to fix it.

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.

I had spent thirty years in a courtroom before coming to Congress, and, you know, in a courtroom, the rules are so much different than the rules for ethics for Members of Congress.