WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Alabama, issued the following floor remarks on April 10, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, all of my colleagues today are speaking about this bill, and it is personal to me because I represent Alabama. I represent the birthplace of the civil rights movement. I would be remiss not to mention that election integrity was not an issue that  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Alabama, issued the following floor remarks on April 10, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the House Republican's so-called SAVE Act, the most restrictive voting law to be considered by this body in decades. The SAVE Act is just the latest in the ongoing assault on our democracy by President Trump and h  more