Kweisi Mfume: “In this time of national division and in this time of great partisanship, I am reminded of when we went through similar…”

“In this time of national division and in this time of great partisanship, I am reminded of when we went through similar periods, and it was always Elijah Cummings on this side of the aisle and others who would remind us that we really were better than this, that we really did have a higher calling. For me, personally, as a friend, as a former colleague, and as someone that I admired--even though he would tell you he admired me, I admired him even more--it is just a great honor to bring this bill forward. I would ask that it is adopted today, and I thank all of those Members who supported this, both Democrats and Republicans, and the sponsor. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.”