[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 193 (Wednesday, December 4, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING NAACP ATLANTIC CITY BRANCH

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to express my gratitude 
for the efforts of the NAACP Atlantic City branch to make south Jersey 
a place of inclusion, acceptance, and equality.
  In the past few years, this organization has worked to improve access 
to the polls for marginalized voters, to protect maternal and infant 
health with the Infant Mortality Task Force, and to provide 
scholarships for the education of our vulnerable youth.
  The NAACP of Atlantic City has also focused on tackling hatred in our 
community by organizing vigils to call out hateful and unacceptable 
actions against minorities and by addressing the environmental 
injustice disproportionately suffered by these groups.
  This group has worked tirelessly to support minority groups in south 
Jersey, and our region is safer, healthier, more inclusive, and happier 
because of it.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the Atlantic City NAACP for their commitment and 
service to our community. South Jersey and the State of New Jersey 
appreciates all the work that they do.

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