WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release:

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LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON VOTING RIGHTS ACT ANNIVERSARY

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Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:

Sixty-one years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, striking a decisive blow against the inhumanity of Jim Crow and protecting the right to vote. It remain . . .

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