Mr. Speaker. the most precious building block of our society is the right to vote. People all across our world are dying for freedom. Boat people. refugees. and those in gulags. may flee or be imprisoned for religious freedom. for freedom of speech. but also many. many for that precious franchiseto cast a free ballot for the leadership of their society. That is why this Member of Congress firmly declares today that he will vote for an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In 1964 and 1965 I traveled to Alabama and Mississippi to help register black voters.
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