11/12/2019
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"It is only fitting, then, that we should hold a hearing today on H.R. 40."
"Slavery was our Nation's original sin."
"My resolution emphasized that, while slavery was our Nation's original sin, the underlying sin of anti-Black racism did not end with the Civil War and the 13th Amendment."
"Mr. Conyers is a former colleague, a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a great American, and a great leader."