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On the recordAugust 24, 2021
This is John Lewis, and he says: ``We will stand up for what is right, for what is fair, and what is just,'' and we will ensure that we have courage, the kind of courage that is ``raw courage.'' Today, I ask my Republican colleagues to reject the big lie, to reject the insurrection, and to reject the idea that there is not voter suppression. I stand with H.R. 4, a bill that is the continuation of the reauthorization that I have done over the years as a member of the Judiciary Committee. I thank Chairman Nadler, Chairman Cohen, Terri Sewell, all those who are part of this great effort, and our whip. But the real important point is that we give the vote back to the American people, to the disabled, to young people, to senior citizens, and we reject that unfortunate statement. The State of Texas attorney general, the secretary of state, never found any fraud in the election, in particular in 2020. I am very glad that this will particularly have the look-back. It will protect us against such dilution and diminution. This is a bill that has to pass, and the Senate has to pass it. Give the vote back to the American people. Have raw courage. Madam Speaker, as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and an original cosponsor, I rise today in strong support of H.R.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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