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Statement

With Our Democracy at Stake, U.S. Senate Must Follow U.S. House’s Lead in Passing John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Bill

August 24, 2021
MomsVote

Lisa Lederer, 202/371-1996

Statement of Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, Executive DIrector and CEO of MomsRising, the online and on-the-ground organization of more than one million mothers and their families, on today’s passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act by the U.S. House of Representatives:

“Today the U.S. House of Representatives took a hugely important step to protect every American’s right to vote and secure our democracy by passing H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. This bill restores and modernizes the Voting Rights Act, protecting our freedom to vote, and helping ensure elections are safe and accessible.

“In recent years, we have faced unprecedented threats to our democracy, both from within our country and from abroad. The lies and disinformation have been horrifying and demand a strong response. Moms want every community and every eligible voter to have easy access to the ballot and for all our votes to count. We are counting on Congress and the Biden administration to ensure that happens. Enactment of the John Lewis Voting Right Act is essential to achieving that goal.”

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.