Jim Sensenbrenner: “in the absence of an effective pre-clearance regime, there is a high risk that these discriminatory measures will…”

It is my intention to raise a point of order that this resolution requires a two-thirds vote. I will argue the point of order when it is made, but I need to know when the proper time is to raise the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

the chairman and those on his side of the aisle are dead-wrong on all of the issues that we have been debating.

I think that this markup has been a lot better than it could have been, and I think the chairman has been probably very evenhanded on that.

So this goes to show that congressional pressure is not the best.