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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement marking eight years since the Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder decision in 2013, which gutted the protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965:
"Today marks eight years since the Supreme Court handed down Shelby v. Holder: one of the most disastrous and dangerous decisions for our American Democracy in recent memory. That day, a partisan Court gutted the protections of the Voting Rights Act and unleashed a brazen campaign of voter suppression that has only accelerated in recent years: in the first five months of this year alone, nearly 400 voter restriction bills have been introduced across 48 states. This voter suppression campaign, deepened by vicious gerrymandering and a torrent of secret special interest money, cannot go unanswered.
From Speaker Pelosi's Press Office:
Kevin McCarthy and his staff were ‘disrespectful,' ‘dismissive,' and ‘rude' to Michael Fanone, a DC Metropolitan Police Officer who has repeatedly attempted to meet with the Minority Leader to discuss the horrors he experienced while defending the Capitol on January 6th.
Despite claiming to ‘Back the Blue,' McCarthy and his Conference have made a habit of disrespecting the officers who protected them from January's insurrection.
Watch Officer Fanone Describe His Mistreatment From McCarthy
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of Congressional Review Act Resolutions S. J. Res. 13, 14 and 15. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her leadership in bringing this important legislation, more than one pieces of legislation, to the Floor today.