[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1875]
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                   PUNCH DRUNK AFTER ONLY ONE ROUND?

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                        HON. CYNTHIA A. McKINNEY

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 28, 1995

  Ms. McKINNEY. Mr. Speaker, I am outraged and dismayed that the Voting 
Rights Section of the United States Justice Department seems punch 
drunk after only one round. Is it that the lawyers over there have 
forgotten the rich and violent heritage that resulted in their 
employment?
  The Voting Rights Act was won only after tears had been shed and 
blood had been spilt. People died for the passage of the Voting Rights 
Act. And that our country could survive the turmoil and emerge a better 
place for all of us is a tribute to our strength.
  But the Justice Department is about to let us down. The headline in 
yesterday's Atlanta Constitution just about tells it all: Another 
majority-black district at risk. It reads, ``The U.S. Justice 
Department has abandoned its defense of Georgia's 2nd Congressional 
District, and state attorneys on Monday admitted that race dictated the 
drawing of its lines--putting the future of another majority-black 
district in jeopardy.''
  Anybody can be a star when times are good. It was adversity that made 
Dr. Martin Luther King the strength of a nation. It was adversity that 
made John Lewis a hero to us all. Shame on you, Department of Justice. 
Shame on you!

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