trampled by horses, but in the 11 states that are old confederacy and even some states outside of the south, there's been a systematic, deliberate attempt to take us back to another period. these men that voted to strip the voting rights act of its power, they never stood in unmovable lines. they never had to pass a so-called literacy test. it took us almost 100 years to get where we are today. so will it take another 100 years to fix it, to change it? i call upon my colleagues in the congress to get it right, to fix it. we renewed the act in 2006, only 33 members in the house voted against it. not a single member of the united states senate in its base, on tomorrow, on resear-- testimony, on research, it is