Alan Lowenthal: “Again, I want to thank Representative Butterfield from North Carolina for helping us get this across the finish line. We…”

“Again, I want to thank Representative Butterfield from North Carolina for helping us get this across the finish line. We are really going to honor these brave Americans, both slaves and free blacks, who fought for American independence, and I think this is a wonderful bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young) that the House suspend the rules and pass the joint resolution, H.J. Res. 120. The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the joint resolution was passed. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________”