03/13/2013
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"This is what this hearing is about, to be able to speak to the Nation and for the Nation to continue its overwhelming support that it has given to H.R. 40."
"This is a potent and powerful hearing today, and I am glad that we are responding to the majority of Americans who see the value in H.R. 40."
"I ask my colleagues to recognize that what we speak of today is based on the continuing impact of the brutality of slavery."
"I believe if we move this Nation to what H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals, we will look globally at the treatment of African Americans."