Washington, Feb. 11 -- Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan issued the following press release:

Today, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) opposed (https://x.com/RepMcClellan/status/2021661942147088723) and issued the following statement on House passage of H.R. 7296, the SAVE America Act, a rewrite of the SAVE Act that would further restrict access to the ballot for millions of American citizens and undermine Americans' fundamental right to vote:

"Voting rights are sacred. Many members of my family fought tooth and nail to be able to exercise that sacred right. And history may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.

"My great grandfather, in the name of election integrity, had to take a literacy test and find three white men to vouc...