Title: Supporting the members of the 87th Texas Legislature who fought against the State's Senate Bill 7 with every tool they had.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This resolution supports the members of the 87th Texas legislature who fought against the passage of a recent piece of legislation that included provisions related to voter access.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 501 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 501

Supporting the members of the 87th Texas Legislature who fought against 
          the State's Senate Bill 7 with every tool they had.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2021

Mr. Green of Texas (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Garcia of Texas, 
Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Johnson 
  of Texas, Mr. Vela, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Allred, Mrs. 
 Fletcher, and Ms. Escobar) submitted the following resolution; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Supporting the members of the 87th Texas Legislature who fought against 
          the State's Senate Bill 7 with every tool they had.

Whereas members of the 87th Texas Legislature expressed opposition to Senate 
        Bill 7 by walking out and voting against it;
Whereas members of the Texas House of Representatives for the 87th Legislature 
        are recognized as a coalition of the courageous for their valiant 
        efforts to uphold voting rights for all Texans;
Whereas Senate Bill 7 would adversely impact voting rights, especially for 
        marginalized communities;
Whereas this coalition of the courageous joins the ranks of a group of Texas 
        Representatives and Senators who employed the procedural walkout tactic 
        in 2003 to delay voted on mid-Census redistricting;
Whereas Senate Bill 7 is just one of many recent iterations of State-sanctioned 
        voter suppression reported across the United States, with an overall 
        total of 389 voter restriction bills introduced in 48 States during 2021 
        legislative sessions according to the Brennan Center;
Whereas due to the increase in voter restriction and suppression legislation 
        coupled with the upcoming 56th anniversary of the enactment of the 
        Voting Rights Act of 1965, it is imperative that Congress pass H.R. 1, 
        the For the People Act, and H.R. 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights 
        Advancement Act, to preserve the right to free, fair, and safe elections 
        for all Americans; and
Whereas the following Texas Democrats fought against the State's Senate Bill 7 
        with every tool they had: Representatives Joe Deshotel (HD-22), Ron 
        Reynolds (HD-27), Ryan Guillen (HD-31), Abel Herrero (HD-34), Oscar 
        Longoria (HD-35), Sergio Munoz, Jr., (HD-36), Alex Dominguez (HD-37), 
        Eddie Lucio III (HD-38), Armando Martinez (HD-39), Terry Canales (HD-
        40), Bobby Guerra (HD-41), Richard Pena Raymond (HD-42), Erin Zwiener 
        (HD-45), Sheryl Cole (HD-46), Vikki Goodwin (HD-47), Donna Howard (HD-
        48), Gina Hinojosa (HD-49), Celia Israel (HD-50), Eddie Rodriguez (HD-
        51), James Talarico (HD-52), Michelle Beckley (HD-65), Eddie Morales 
        (HD-74), Mary Gonzalez (HD-75), Claudia Ordaz Perez (HD-76), Lina Ortega 
        (HD-77), Joe Moody (HD-78), Art Fierro (HD-79), Tracy King (HD-80), 
        Ramon Romero, Jr., (HD-90), Nicole Collier (HD-95), Jasmine Crockett 
        (HD-100), Chris Turner (HD-101), Ana Maria Ramos (HD-102), Rafael Anchia 
        (HD-103), Jessica Gonzalez (HD-104), Terry Meza (HD-105), Victoria Neave 
        (HD-107), Carl Serman (HD-109), Toni Rose (HD-110), Yvonne Davis (HD-
        111), Rhetta Bowers (HD-113), John Turner (HD-114), Julie Johnson (HD-
        115), Trey Martinez Fischer (HD-116), Philip Cortez (HD-117), Leo 
        Pacheco (HD-118), Elizabeth Campos (HD-119), Barbara Gervin Hawkins (HD-
        120), Diego Bernal (HD-123), Ina Minjarez (HD-124). Ray Lopez (HD-125), 
        Alma Allen (HD-131), Ann Johnson (HD-134), Jon E. Rosenthal (HD-135), 
        John Bucy III (HD-136), Gene Wu (HD-137), Jarvis Johnson (HD-139), 
        Armando Walle (HD-140), Senfronia Thompson (HD-141), Harold V. Dutton, 
        Jr., (HD-142), Ana Hernandez (HD-143), Mary Ann Perez (HD-144), 
        Christina Morales (HD-145), Shawn Thierry (HD-146), Garnet F. Coleman 
        (HD-147), Penny Morales Shaw (HD-148), Hubert Vo (HD-149), Carol 
        Alvarado (SD-6), Beverly Powell (SD-10), Borris L. Miles (SD-13), Sarah 
        Eckhardt (SD-14), John Whitmire (SD-15), Nathan Johnson (SD-6), Roland 
        Gutierrez (SD-20), Judith Zaffirini (SD-21), Royce West (SD-23), Jose 
        Menendez (SD-26), Eddie Lucio, Jr. (SD-27), and Cesar Blanco (SD-29): 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports the members of 
the 87th Texas Legislature who fought against the State's Senate Bill 7 
with every tool they had.
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