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On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
There is a long list of them, which I have listed in my speeches. Let me just give one or two: one, making early voting places and dropoff voting places many fewer; No. 2, in the largest county-- Democratic county, African-American county--in Georgia, taking away the bipartisan ability to collect those votes; No. 3, in Georgia, making it a crime that, if you are standing in line, you can't be fed, and the lines, by the way, according to the reports I get, are much longer in African-American communities than in White suburban communities, making it much, much harder--making it a crime, rather--to give people water or a sandwich. So I am going to now give my remarks, but I thank my colleague for the question, and I am going to take the floor.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Jan 11, 2022

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