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Call your congressman and feel free. You can lightly threaten them and say, you know what? If you don't start supporting election integrity, I'm coming after you.

I thank my colleagues for their time tonight, and I urge all of our colleagues to prepare. This will be back up. I yield the floor ____________________

This is going to be so important for us to get everybody vaccinated as quickly as we can.

We're particularly worried about the African-American community, a lot of understandable, deep-seated concern because of the horrible history that is there.

We cannot let weariness win. People are getting sick and dying. And it's up to all of us to try to come together, particularly after this election now, and do what we need to do to slow the spread of this virus.

From day one in this pandemic, governors have taken the lead, has stepped into the breach by coordinating, testing, and tracing, fighting for PPE, making the hard decisions on restrictions, educating people, telling them the truth.

American innovation is in the express lane, and we have President Trump and both the private and public sectors to thank. The progress that has been made to date on viable vaccine candidates is astonishing, and it is a promising sign for…

I believe Congress can do some more to fix it.

I just want to put that out there because it has bothered me for a mighty long time.

Yes, we have seven 1890s that didn't receive a full match, but I have to just be real honest.

I am an HBCU graduate twice. I am proud.

Thank you, Madam Chair. You have run a marvelous Committee hearing today.

Today, we've come full circle.

I'm grateful for your strong leadership of the Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Subcommittee and for your foresight in calling this critically important hearing on '1890 Land-Grant Institutions--130 Years of Building Equity in…

I would just like to ask that we increase the Fiscal Year 2020 appropriation of 1890 facilities grants from $20.5 million to $30 million.

This idea around the infrastructure becomes so critical for each of our institutions.

This legislation prohibited racial discrimination in determining admission, leading to the creation of the 1890 land-grant university system and expanding educational opportunities for Black students.

I thank all the speakers this evening. I understand the time has been precious, and I thank all of them for their patience and willingness to participate. The 13th Amendment reads as follows: ``Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…