[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 125 (Wednesday, July 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H7247-H7248]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       NAACP AGAIN MAKES HISTORY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Green) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, and still I rise, proud to be an 
American and, today, I would also say, proud to be a member of the 
Nation's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP.
  I am especially proud to be a member of the NAACP today because, 
yesterday, the NAACP became the first of the civil rights and human 
rights organizations to take a stand against bigotry, xenophobia, 
homophobia, Islamophobia, hatred, and racism by passing a resolution at 
its national convention calling for the impeachment of the President.
  And still I rise, proud, Mr. Speaker, to be associated with this 
organization. This is not its first time taking a stand on behalf of 
the American people.
  It was the NAACP that filed Shelley v. Kraemer and Barrows v. 
Jackson, outlawing restrictive covenants that prevented people of color 
from living in certain neighborhoods.
  It was the NAACP that filed and won Brown v. Board of Education, 
which, literally, took on and eviscerated segregation--lawful 
segregation, I might add--in this country.

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  It was the NAACP that guided the Supreme Court of the United States 
of America for almost a quarter of a century under the leadership of 
Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall. He was the lawyer who took Brown 
v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court. He was the lawyer who 
was the chief legal counsel for the NAACP. He sat on the Supreme Court. 
He guided the Supreme Court.
  The NAACP, again, makes history, and I am proud to be associated with 
this great organization.
  Mr. Speaker, I would also add that we are now some 98 days since the 
Mueller report was called to the attention of the public, 98 days since 
it was made public, 98 days since the Chief Executive has been above 
the law.
  Mr. Mueller is testifying today. Tomorrow, I will start another acid 
test wherein I will show the number of days that the President has been 
above the law since Mr. Mueller himself testified in Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, we are living in some very challenging times--very 
challenging times--but Dr. King reminded us that the truest measure of 
a person in times such as this is not where you stand in those times of 
comfort and convenience but where you stand in these times of challenge 
and controversy.
  I am proud to know that the NAACP stands for liberty and justice for 
all, stands for the people of the United States of America, as it has 
historically. And I shall continue to stand and be a member of the 
NAACP.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 
engaging in personalities toward the President.

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