Voting rights act. i talked to the president about that during our cnn town hall last month. this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap and so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than pr protecting voting rights, especially for people who fought and died for that? [ applause ] no, it s not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s is1 and s 4 and g on my desk to sign it. let s hope it. the john lewis act faces an uphill climb. the assault on voting rights across this country is nothing less than a plan to give the gop the power to overturn the next
The bottom line is in my view we re a step closer to truly investing in the american people, positioning our economy for long-term growth, and building an america that outcompetes the rest of the world. that vote by the way after a tense night last night of democrats battling democrats p which just goes to show you everything is negotiable in the biden presidency. and there was another big vote tonight, the house voting 219-212 to pass the john lewis voting rights act. i talked to the president about that during our cnn town hall last month. this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade, had a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap and so why is protecting the filibuster, is
Now the house select committee on january 6th is set to start hearings next week. that as democrats are at odds over the battle for voting rights, our most sacred rights as americans, rights generations of us have fought and died for just days ahead of a selma style march in texas where a restrictive bill was stalled when democratic lawmakers fled the state. civil rights leaders are urging the white house to do more to fight for black and brown voters. i ll talk to one of the marchers for beto o rourke in a few minutes but listen to this exchange. this is an exchange i had with the president of the united states joe biden at our cnn town hall. this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade, at a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar
For beto o rourke in a few minutes but listen to this exchange. this is an exchange i had with the president of the united states joe biden at our cnn town hall. this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade, at a fifth grade education. i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap and so why is protecting the filler buster, is that more important than protecting voting rights, especially for the people that fought and died for that? no, it s not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate pass s 1 and s 4 of the john lewis act and get it to my desk so i can sign it, but here is the deal, what i also what. to do, i want to make sure we bring alongto do, i want to
He tweeted that in the spirit of congressman john lewis, he was getting in good trouble. i pressed the president about the filibuster last night. this is important for people who look like me. my grandmother would sit around when i was a kid, fifth grade, had a fifth grade education, i learned that she couldn t read when i was doing my homework. she would tell me stories about people asking her to count the number of jelly beans in the jar or the soap. so why is protecting the filibuster, is that more important than probtecting votig rights, especially for people who fought and died for that? [ applause ] no, it s not. i want to see the united states congress, the united states senate, pass s-1 and s-4, the john lewis act, and get it to my act and i can sign it. here s the deal.