[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 131 (Friday, July 24, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   BUST OF JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to address what I guess I 
will refer to as the statue bill that we passed a couple days ago in 
this House.
  It was well known all the statues that were supposed to be removed 
there. And to be honest, I always bristle a little bit when I hear Mr. 
Stephens from Georgia, the former vice president of the Confederacy, 
getting a statue in this building.
  However, I don't think enough people knew that in that bill, we are 
also going to require a statue or bust of Thurgood Marshall.
  In 1973, during Roe v. Wade, Justice Marshall was one of seven 
Justices who found a right to abortion, after it was illegal in this 
country for years and years, found a right to abortion in the 
Constitution put together by Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
  Worse, in the deliberations, there originally was going to be 
abortion allowed in the first 3 months. Justice Marshall, along with 
Justice Brennan, weighed in to make it until viability. So the United 
States is, right now, one of only seven countries in the world to allow 
abortions this late, which is really just a horrific thing.
  I will say, if his bust is ever put in the Capitol, or a statue, I 
will always remember in 1973 when Justice Marshall was one of the ones 
who weighed in to legalize abortion in the country as well as weighed 
in to make sure we were one of seven countries to allow abortion up to 
viability.

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