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On the recordSeptember 6, 2016
And this Committee has not had one hearing on the Voting Rights Act, maybe as important of a law as exists to give people the most fundamental right: the right to vote, to have a say in who they elect.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen criticizes the Committee for neglecting the Voting Rights Act.

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