Steve Cohen actually said...

"We can't just fold up our hands and give it to the State legislators because, if we did that, we know we would be back in Jim Crow times."

"This is why Congress had repeatedly reauthorized the pre-clearance provision on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis."

"This mechanism ensures that the new voting rules and practices in jurisdictions with a history of discrimination were fair to all voters."

"The Voting Rights Act with an effective preclearance provision went a long way towards righting that wrong."