Honorable Lynn Westmoreland
United States Representative, Georgia, Republican
Lynn Westmoreland served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2017, representing the Eighth District of Georgia from 2005 to 2007 and the Third District from 2007 to 2017. He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993 to 2004. The following is from the July 13, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006. The Voting Rights Act has a proud and important legacy in my home State of Georgia and across the United States. With…
