[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PROTECT THE RIGHT TO VOTE

  (Ms. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I rise today to join President 
Biden and my colleagues in Congress in calling for action, long-overdue 
action, to protect the right to vote.
  President Biden delivered a powerful speech this week in Georgia, and 
I am hopeful that this stiffened the spines of some of those here in 
the Capitol. I know that I want to live in the America of John Lewis, 
not Bull Connor, and the America of Dr. King, not George Wallace.
  Today, I was proud to vote for the vital legislation to protect the 
essential right to vote. Now the Senate must act, using all available 
means.
  The filibuster is not a law and it is not in the Constitution. It is 
a tradition that has been misused throughout history to deny civil and 
voting rights, and it is being used again today. What is in the 
Constitution? The right to vote.
  Ahead of Dr. Martin Luther King Day, it is time to honor those who 
came before us to secure the America that we live in today. The eyes of 
history are upon us. We cannot let this moment pass us by.

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