[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CELEBRATING MARGIE GARVIN

  (Mr. ROSE of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROSE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today during Black History 
Month to celebrate a remarkable woman and a fierce advocate for Staten 
Island's African American community, Ms. Margie Garvin.
  Sadly, Margie's unyielding commitment to increasing voter awareness 
was spurred by her own experience with racism after she moved to Staten 
Island's Park Hill Houses in 1979. When Margie went to borough hall to 
try to update her voter registration a man there mockingly told Margie: 
``You people don't vote.''
  ``Well, if my people don't vote,'' she said, ``where can I go get 
some voter registration forms?''
  Ever since, she has been an unstoppable force on Staten Island, 
registering voters and getting people out to the polls.
  In between election days, she is out there in the community, 
demanding better playgrounds for kids, holding her elected officials 
accountable, cooking meals for seniors, and so much more.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating Ms. Margie Garvin, who 
is on the ground in the community, putting in the hard work to make New 
York City's Staten Island and the United States of America a better 
place.

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