Rep. Butterfield Issues Statement on House Passage of Historic Voting Rights Legislation
August 25, 2021
August 25, 2021
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, chairman of the House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2021, after the House passed the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act (H.R. 4), legislation to restore the full strength of the Voting Rights Act:
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"Generations of Americans have marched, protested, and bled for the right to vote. Our dear colleague, the late Congressman John Lewis, wo . . .
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"Generations of Americans have marched, protested, and bled for the right to vote. Our dear colleague, the late Congressman John Lewis, wo . . .