[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14023]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        RENEW VOTING RIGHTS ACT

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, as one who grew up in the rural 
South where my parents and their neighbors and friends had to pay a 
poll tax to vote, and as one who lives in an urban inner city community 
where polling places are oftentimes moved without proper notification 
and where unsuspecting voters are intimidated, especially those with 
language and education barriers, the Voting Rights Act is one of the 
best safeguards of our democracy that we have seen.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge its renewal, I urge its passage.

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