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On the recordJuly 25, 2012
Some people said, and Congress decided to the contrary, that Section 5 was no longer necessary because nobody discriminated anymore.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler references past hearings on the Voting Rights Act and its relevance.

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