[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 116 (Thursday, September 23, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H7450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    REPUBLICAN PARTY 150TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY FREEDOM CALENDAR

  (Mr. COX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, this is the 150th anniversary of the Republican 
Party. Over a century and a half from the abolition of slavery to the 
establishment of women's rights to the freeing of millions of people in 
the Soviet Union, Afghanistan and in Iraq, the Republican Party has 
been the most effective political organization in the history of the 
world in advancing the cause of freedom.
  So that all of us can learn more about the achievements of this 
fundamentally American institution, the House Republican Policy 
Committee has published the 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar. Each day, 
a civil rights milestone in the history of the Republican Party is 
listed. Yesterday was the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. 
President Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation sparked 
howls of protests from Democrats in Congress and across the country, 
but it was based on legislation passed in this Congress just 2 months 
before. Every single Republican voted for freeing the slaves, and every 
single Democrat voted against it.
  Mr. Speaker, this is just one of 365 civil rights firsts that can be 
found in the Republican Freedom Calendar available at policy.house.gov.

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