November 03, 2021
Today Senate Republicans blocked debate on the bipartisan John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Provisions in the bill have passed the Senate with overwhelming bipartisan support five times, most recently 98-0 in 2006. Let there be a debate, and let there be a vote.
The right to vote is sacred and constitutional. It's fundamental to all other rights. The soul of America is at stake.
NOTE: The statement referred to H.R. 4.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Statement on the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/353125