09/14/2009
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"Back in 2007, I introduced H. Res. 194--that was my first year in Congress--an apology by the House of Representatives for its role in perpetuating both slavery and its noxious offspring, Jim Crow."
"An honest reckoning with the Federal Government's role in protecting the institution of slavery has been the leading priority of my congressional career."
"It is only fitting then that in the midst of a continued reckoning over police treatment of Black people and a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted Black Americans, that we should hold this h..."
"Slavery was our Nation's original sin."