The U.S. Senate Rules Committee will hold its first field hearing in two decades in Atlanta Monday as Democrats focus attention on new voting restrictions in Georgia and other GOP-led states to jumpstart the push for a federal elections overhaul.
The agenda includes testimony from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, Democratic state Sen. Sally Harrell of Dunwoody, Helen Butler of the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda and Jose Segarra, a Houston County voter. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a member of the committee, is also expected to help lead the questioning.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who will chair the hearing, held a roundtable on voting rights Sunday afternoon in Cobb County, which featured Stacey Abrams.
The AJC will provide coverage of the Senate hearing as part of its ongoing coverage of voting access and the new Georgia voting law.
Watch a replay of the hearing
U.S. Senate hearing on Monday
The Senate Rules Committee will hold a field hearing at 10 a.m. July 19 at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. Details and livestream link.