Colin Allred: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this should be a bipartisan vote. The right to vote has been…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this should be a bipartisan vote. The right to vote has been reauthorized, and the Voting Rights Act has been reauthorized overwhelmingly by bipartisan majorities in this House, and unanimously in the Senate. My constituent, George W. Bush, signed the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. But now it is time for us to not just restore the Voting Rights Act, but to make sure that we expand voting rights across the country, to give us a sword and a shield; the shield of the Voting Rights Act to protect the right to vote, to protect changes; and the sword of the Freedom to Vote Act and the expansions that it will provide, to vote by mail, voter registration, and allow every single American to make their voice heard in our elections.”