07/30/2013
https://congress.gov...
"Republicans have been scrambling to suppress votes and they are doing so with urgency."
"Texas has a long history. It is a State that has the most pronounced overt, racist voter suppression tactics that we know of."
"I implore my colleagues from across the aisle in Texas to stop attempting to suppress the minority vote and let the people vote."
"It is important that we know that the Voting Rights Act in its history... puts a ribbon on what our democracy is."