G. K. Butterfield

The Elections Clause seems to me to be unambiguous.

We must ensure that electricity consumers like those not only in my district but many of your districts will continue to have access to affordable rates.

I share my colleague's desire for us to come back together and reunite in the committee room.

And, hopefully, within the foreseeable future, we will be able to write a formula, write a bill, and get it passed and signed by the President.

I will be transferring this data, this information, to the Committee on the Judiciary, hopefully by June the 30th.

It is the language of our democracy.

The Voting Rights Act is a very serious piece of legislation that is deserving of our attention. It protects democracy.

It was the Legal Defense Fund that led the way and financed the lawsuits and did all of the heavy lifting in those cases.

The Court, Chief Justice Roberts also acknowledged that voter discrimination continues to exist in the United States.

The Supreme Court of the United States found Section 5 to be constitutional.

Section 5, as I recall, in the Court's decision was found to be constitutional. That is what America needs to know.

It is almost sacred. And so we can, and we must, do better.

As our dear friend and my dear friend and former colleague, the late Congressman John Lewis, often said, the vote is precious.

That is why I am proud to colead H.R. 2347, the Strengthening the Vaccines for Children Act of 2021.

My time has expired. At this time I will yield back the balance of my time.

But the purpose of these hearings--and we are going to have 16 hearings.

And let me thank you for mentioning our intent to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and we certainly plan to do that.

We want to build a very significant legislative record that will be persuasive to the Supreme Court if this were ever challenged.

The most important thing is to--is to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

This historic bill will reverse the damage done by the Supreme Court in Shelby County and update the Voting Rights Act.

I certainly agree with you that we need to strengthen section 2 and not weaken it.

We are just concerned. We are concerned that not all staff and not all of our Members have been vaccinated.

The Constitution is unambiguously clear: Congress has a clear role in protecting this right to vote and ensuring equal, equitable access to the franchise.

Thank you to the members for your questions as well. The members of the Subcommittee may have additional questions for these witnesses.

Now, we all know that the Supreme Court has suspended the use of section 5, but section 2 continues to be the law of the land.