On the recordDecember 12, 2013
I met President Mandela on a number of occasions, both in Philadelphia and here in Washington, and when I traveled to Africa with then-President Bill Clinton when Mandela was leading some peace talks in a country that was involved in a great deal of conflict at that time. Before I met Nelson Mandela, I knew a State legislator from the great State of California who had led the fight and the rallying cry in State houses, not just in California, but around the country, for divestiture from South Africa. I want to yield now to Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who really was an extraordinary figure in the fight in the United States to get pension funds and universities and others to divest. I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters).
