[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 194 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            BRING THE SENSELESS REDISTRICTING WAR TO AN END

  (Mr. KILEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KILEY of California. Mr. Speaker, this is the moment to bring the 
senseless redistricting war to an end.
  Today, a Federal District Court tossed out the gerrymandered map in 
Texas with an appeal headed straight to the Supreme Court. California's 
gerrymandered map is facing a similar legal challenge. We don't know 
how these cases will turn out, so there is uncertainty at this moment 
whether the whole redistricting war is going to end as a wash or with a 
modest advantage for one party or the other.
  Now, it really shouldn't matter. I am against gerrymandering wherever 
it occurs no matter which party stands to benefit, but this present 
uncertainty has created a window of opportunity for a bipartisan 
agreement to bring this madness to an end.
  Mr. Speaker, I have introduced H.R. 4889 to ban mid-decade 
redistricting in every State in the country. I am calling on House 
leadership to do the right thing and bring this bill to the floor for a 
vote. Not only is it supported widely by Members in this body but a 
poll showed that the American people support this proposal by a 3 to 1 
margin. Let's pass this legislation and restore a dose of sanity to 
politics in this country.

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