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Article: REP. WATT COMMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS ACT REAUTHORIZATION, H.R. 9

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July 13, 2006
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Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C. (12th CD), issued the following statement:

Rep. Melvin Watt (D-NC) delivered the following remarks during today's House floor debate on H.R. 9, legislation that would extend the Voting Rights Act for 25 years:

"I rise today in unwavering support of H.R. 9. This bill is the product of long-term, thoughtful, and thorough bipartisan deliberations that carefully weighed the competing concerns and considerations that have engulfed debate on the Voting Rights Act since its inception. The Act has been extended on four occasions (1970, 1975, 1982, 1992), making it arguably the most carefully reviewed civil rights measure in our Nation's history. H.R. 9 continues that practice ...

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