Cause Magazine During his more than three decades of work as a Congressman in the House of Representatives, Lewis was often referred to as "the Conscience of the Congress." Of his passing, Speaker Pelosi said “In the halls of the Capitol, he was fearless in his pursuit of a more perfect union, whether through his Voter Empowerment Act to defend the ballot, his leadership on the Equality Act to end discrimination against LGBTQ Americans or his work as a Senior Member of the Ways and Means Committee to ensure that we invest in what we value as a nation...Every day of John Lewis’s life was dedicated to bringing freedom and justice to all.
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