[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ANTILYNCHING LEGISLATION

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise to support further the bill 
today on the floor of the House, H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching 
Act, and I thank my colleague from Illinois for his astuteness.
  Lynching was the most heinous act of intimidation and violence 
against slaves and those who came after in the 1800s and the early 
1900s.
  Ida B. Wells, a renowned educator and investigative journalist, 
fought from 1886 to 1931 for the passage of antilynching legislation, 
the Emmett Till bill, which recounts the violence that a 14-year-old 
boy experienced until his death when he simply walked on a street and 
may have looked at a White woman.
  This is an important standard and statement that also hopes to bring 
about the debate and passage of H.R. 40 on the floor of the House, 
which is the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for 
African-Americans Act.
  Let me also acknowledge H.R. 2819, to extend the authority for the 
establishment of a commemorative work in honor of Gold Star Families, 
and for other purposes. I am a strong supporter of those families who, 
obviously, lost their loved ones.

  I want to finally say that this administration did not tell the truth 
on the coronavirus. It is absolutely imperative that they address the 
American people and address the next steps for protecting the American 
people, as I have done.

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