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I am hoping that we can move forward and do the right thing for the citizens of this country who face obstacles in exercising the right to vote.

I must say now I get it. Your--your testimony has been so compelling and shed so much light on the battle that you consistently wage to protect the very people for which the Voting Rights Act was passed.

This is not who we are as a country. Our legacy--and the future we hope to leave to our children--call on us to be a Nation that welcomes and defends the rights of the most vulnerable among us.

The effect of family separation is also traumatizing.