[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                       HONORING JOSEPH H. RAINEY

  (Mr. CLYBURN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my appreciation to 
this august body for unanimously passing H. Res. 1253. I also want to 
thank Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for their 
support of the passage of this resolution.
  This resolution honors the life and legacy of Joseph H. Rainey, a 
fellow South Carolinian, who, on December 12, 1870, became the first 
African American to serve in the United States House of 
Representatives, blazing the trail that provided the path that I am 
honored to be on today.
  With the passage of this resolution, the House permanently recognizes 
Congressman Rainey's remarkable achievement 150 years ago from 
Saturday. They are honoring him by renaming H-150 on the first floor of 
this building, which is the room in which he met at the time he was a 
member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, on which he served from 1873 
to 1875.

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