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Ms. STANSBURY. Mr. Speaker, this week the Supreme Court of the United States dealt another devastating blow to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a law that for nearly six decades has stood as a promise that every American, no matter who you are or where you live, has a voice in our democracy, a law that generations fought for, marched for, and organized for.
This decision is not just about the law. It is about our people, about our future, about our democracy, and about whether or not this country is by the people, for the people.
Mr. Speaker, we are angry, we are sad, and we are mad about the politics that have led us to this moment, that at every moment we have turned backwards, the American people have risen and taken this country forward, and so we will today.
We will fight back. We will fight back in Congress. We will fight back in the courts. We will fight back in our communities.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Wied). The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Ms. STANSBURY. We will continue to show up at every election at every level because our democracy—
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is no longer recognized.