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Statement Of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell On The Reauthorization Of The Voting Rights Act

Date: July 20, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights


Statement Of U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell On The Reauthorization Of The Voting Rights Act

from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell

Thursday, July 20, 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell released the following statement today following Senate's passage of the Voting Rights Reauthorization Act:

"America's history is a story of ever-increasing freedom, hope and opportunity for all. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 represents one of this country's greatest steps forward in that story. Today I am pleased the Senate reaffirmed that our country must continue its progress towards becoming a society in which every person, of every background, can realize the American Dream. With the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, we are recommitting ourselves to that Dream."

http://mcconnell.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=259107&start=1

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