Statement by the President Following Passage by the Senate of the Voting Rights Bill.
THE PASSAGE today by the Senate of the voting rights bill I recommended to the Congress on March 15 is triumphant evidence of this Nation's resolve that every citizen must and shall be able to march to a polling place and vote without fear or prejudice or obstruction. By a vote of 77 to 19, the Senate has spoken clearly and firmly.
On behalf of a heartened Nation, I express my appreciation to the Senate leadership, and those who supported them.
Note: For the President's March 15 message to the Congress on the right to vote, see Item 108.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Statement by the President Following Passage by the Senate of the Voting Rights Bill. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/241401