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On the recordJune 24, 2019
There is a voter suppression crisis in our country, and Congress has an obligation to use the enforcement powers it was bestowed in the 14th and 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, to amend the Voting Rights Act to protect minority voters from racially discriminatory voting schemes.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen emphasizes the need for Congress to amend the Voting Rights Act to combat voter suppression.

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