[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11725]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           VOTING RIGHTS ACT

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to appeal for 
immediate action. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 
heart of the Voting Rights Act.
  My dear colleagues, casting a ballot is our most sacred right. We 
have a moral duty to come together and rewrite this law in order to 
protect this precious right to vote. Though we have made great 
progress, racial discrimination and racial profiling continue to plague 
our society. The need for the Voting Rights Act is just as necessary 
today as it was in 1965.
  On Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday, I am reminded that the human race 
has come a long way, but we must continue to make the impossible 
possible. I urge my colleagues to come together to update the Voting 
Rights Act.

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