Look, we had every Democrat on board for those voting bills that we were trying to pass. So what happened? At the end of the day, There were two United States senators who are no longer in the caucus who were not willing to do what was necessary to pass it [the voting rights bill]. And I thought then that we should have gotten voting rights done. I'm proud to have come into Congress at a time where, when you think about the amount of … (08:35–08:47)
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Asserts that two former Democratic senators blocked the passage of voting rights legislation.
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