Rashida Tlaib: “I stand here today to celebrate the passage in this Chamber, the House of Representatives, of our bill, H.R. 6614, to…”

“I stand here today to celebrate the passage in this Chamber, the House of Representatives, of our bill, H.R. 6614, to honor the mother of the civil rights movement and the beloved resident of the 13th Congressional District, Rosa Parks. I am proud to lead this effort, in partnership with her family, to rename a United States Post Office near her Detroit home after this incredible leader. This comes at a time when the radical love and beautiful strength embodied in leaders like Rosa Louise Parks and so many others whose footsteps we march in today, like Dr. King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Congressmen Cummings and John Lewis, is really under extreme attack. We can't allow any of our beloved civil rights leaders to be erased. We know our struggle against racism is a lifelong pursuit. As mother Rosa Parks would say, and she wrote: ``Freedom fighters never retire.'' As her memory continues to guide us, I will add that the spirit of freedom fighters never dies. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to please pass this bill, H.R. 6614. They Will Not Silence Us”