12/12/2023
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"I am concerned about those who have been left behind, the masses of African American descendants of slaves who are mired in hopelessness and despair in communities of crime, violence, poverty, and rac..."
"And I would note that the Capitol was built with slave labor. And because of the work of Representatives Jesse Jackson, Jr., and Zach Wamp, the new Visitors Center is named Emancipation Hall in recogn..."
"I urge Congress to pass H.R. 40 as a first vital step on the path to acknowledging and accounting for the history of race-targeted discrimination and wrongdoing."
"We have a problem in this Nation of being able to talk civilly about race."