Phil Gingrey: “I stand tonight to support the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), my colleague, the honorable and distinguished…”

“I stand tonight to support the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis), my colleague, the honorable and distinguished Representative from the 5th District. I want to say how proud I am to, as a freshman Member, to be able to support what he has been working on for these past 15 years and supporting H.R. 3491, the creation of a National Museum of African Culture and History. And I just want to tell the gentleman how much I appreciate what he has done and how much respect I have for him. I have said often to her that the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis) has been one of the nicest and kindest Members of this body to me, a freshman, reaching out on many occasions to make me feel warm and accepted. So I do take great pleasure in standing here tonight and supporting this.”