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On the recordJune 7, 2021
HR-4 is a great bill, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. And I want to stress that because when we`re talking about the For the People Act and HR-1 that we`ve already passed in House, and that looks like its passage is going to be difficult in the Senate, we need -- HR-4 is still really important, because it restores the Voting Rights Act and improves it from what was done to it in 2013 when the Supreme Court struck down the coverage formula.
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Colin Allred
Democratic · Texas
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msnbc.com

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Colin Allred discusses the significance of HR-4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, in restoring and improving voting rights protections.

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