Congressman Johnson's Statement on President Biden's Urgent Call to Enact Voting Rights Legislation

Statement

Senior Judiciary Committee member and Chairman of the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet subcommittee, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) released the following statement after President Biden's speech in Georgia on Tuesday calling on the Senate to pass urgently needed voting rights legislation:

"Across the nation, partisan forces are waging the most brazen and cynical assault on the ballot box in a generation," said Rep. Johnson. "Since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013 and doubled down on this assault again last year, state and local lawmakers -- including here in Georgia -- have used this moment to pass a surge of voter suppression laws that are silencing the voices of voters of color and other communities who have long been disenfranchised. That's why I was proud to be with President Biden and Vice President Harris today at the Atlanta University Center telling the world that failure is not an option when it comes to voting rights. The Senate has changed its rules before and it must do so again because this time our constitutional freedoms are at stake. End the filibuster -- if just to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom To Vote Act -- and pass voting rights for all."

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