Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1842) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the Bicentennial of Harriet Tubman's birth. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1842 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) Harriet Tubman was a formerly enslaved abolitionist who guided about 70 people from slavery to freedom in 10 years. (2) Born in March 1822, Tubman was a notable abolitionist who not only freed herself, but also freed others from slavery. (3) Harriet Ross Tubman, born Araminta ``Minty'' Ross, was born enslaved on the plantation of Anthony Thompson in Dorchester County, Maryland. (4) With the help of the Underground Railroad network, in the fall of 1849, Tubman escaped from Poplar Neck in Caroline County, Maryland, heading north to freedom in Pennsylvania. (5) With the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act as part of the Compromise of 1850, the operations to help enslaved persons escape became dangerous and she risked her life to rescue them from slavery. (6) Despite passage of the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act, Tubman continued her work, escorting her refugees to Canada instead.…”