[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            THE WHITE HOUSE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Jeffries) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address another egregious 
misrepresentation coming from you know who. How dare anyone refer to an 
overpriced luxury golf course as the Southern White House.
  Let's be clear about something: The Civil War is over. Jefferson 
Davis failed. The Confederacy lost. There is no such thing as the 
Southern White House.
  Thousands of Americans died on the battlefield and shed blood, sweat, 
and tears to make certain that, in this country, only one institution 
connected to the executive branch stood in the land of the free and the 
home of the brave. That institution is located right here in our 
Nation's Capital. The address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It was built 
by slaves.
  The White House does not belong to the ghosts of the Confederacy. The 
White House does not belong to Vladimir Putin or his indigenous 
collaborators. The White House does not belong to a privately owned 
real estate cartel to be used and abused as a prop for an infomercial.
  We are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. 
The White House belongs to the American people.

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