Chellie Pingree: “Just to clear up a couple of things. My colleague mentioned the Founding Fathers. Robert E. Lee was not one of the…”

“Just to clear up a couple of things. My colleague mentioned the Founding Fathers. Robert E. Lee was not one of the Founding Fathers. He was a general of the Confederacy. That was in the city of Charlottesville. That wasn't a national monument when that statue was removed. I have to say, I find it rich that the party that has supported book banning in our libraries, rewriting curriculum, and not talking about our history over and over again is the very one that is saying that we have to often keep painful monuments in places where they do damage, where they interfere with people's ability to enjoy the particular area that they are in, and leave it to the Department of the Interior to have that discretion. If we are going to get into talking about book banning and rewriting history, let's have an honest debate about it and talk about the differences between our two parties on this. Madam Chair, I oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Greene). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.”