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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose this rule and to support the previous question.

In a democracy, the right to vote is the most powerful, nonviolent tool we have.

Many people march and protested for the right to vote.

Some gave a little blood and others lost their lives.

Some of you have heard me said that the right to vote is precious,

all most sacred.

In my hearts of hearts, I believe that we should make it simple and convenient

for all of our citizens to be part of the democratic process.

It should not matter whether you're black or white, Latino, Asian American or Native American.

We should be able to participate in the democratic process.

On March 7, 1965, I gave a little blood on the Edmund Pettish Bridge for the

right to vote. Before the Voting Rights Act, a 1965 was pious. Some people had to count the number

of bubbles on a bar of soap, the number of jelly beans in a jar.

And all across America today, when people go out to attempt to vote, they stand in long

immovable lines. That's not right. It's not fair. And it's not just. We We can do better and we must do better. We have a moral

obligation, a mission, and a mandate to empower all of the American people, not just a select

field. We must do what is right, what is fair, and what is just.

Today our democracy is under a tight by forces within and forces abroad.

We need to fix it and fix it now.

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