Louie Gohmert: “it was truly an honor to know Charlie Norwood; I admired and respected him. And shortly after I got here to this body I…”

“it was truly an honor to know Charlie Norwood; I admired and respected him. And shortly after I got here to this body I was told by another Member from Georgia, he was sitting by Charlie when I was up speaking and he said, Who is that guy? I like him. Well, the feeling was more than mutual. Charlie Norwood, what was not to like? His dogged determination, some would say he was stubborn as a mule. But I think Charlie might more elegantly say he was persistent until it almost ceased to be a virtue. But with Charlie, it was a virtue. Now, some gave him bad press, along with some others of us that worked together on the Voting Rights Act. Some falsely claimed that Charlie and others of us were trying to restrict the usage of the Voting Rights Act when a clear indication, everything Charlie did, everything we worked on, everything we talked about behind the scenes was, by golly, the Voting Rights Act has done good for the places it has been applied. It needs to be applied in every district in America until racial disparity has disappeared.”