[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14218]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           VOTING RIGHTS ACT

  (Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, over 51 years ago this 
month, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. 
America is a better country because of the Voting Rights Act.
  The right to vote is the most fundamental thing our American citizens 
have to participate fully in American democracy. The Voting Rights Act 
is our Nation's most crucial and critical civil rights victory. The law 
commemorates the lives of those who marched, died and participated that 
we all might be better Americans and live and vote in the democracy 
that we love.
  It is important today, as we debate the Voting Rights Act, that 
America pay particular attention. This law was good then, this law is 
good now, and it is needed for our future so that Americans might rise 
up and live in God's best interest.
  Remember, today, urge your colleagues, call your Congressperson, tell 
them to vote to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act for 25 more years.

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