Washington, Aug. 6 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries issued the following press release:
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:
Sixty-one years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, striking a decisive blow against the inhumanity of Jim Crow and protecting the right to vote. It remains one of the most significant legislative accomplishments in American history. We stand on the shoulders of giants like John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King Jr. and Amelia Boynton who dedicated their lives to ensuring our country could live up to its promise of liberty and justice for all.
The Trump administration and their co-conspirators in the Congress, on the Supreme Court a...