[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 51 (Thursday, March 18, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RENAME RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

  (Mr. GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, it is said that a picture is worth 
a thousand words. This is a picture of a symbol of national shame. It 
is the Russell Senate Office Building. The Russell Senate Office 
Building is named after Richard Russell, a racist and a bigot.
  For 49 years, taxpayer dollars have gone into this facility. For 49 
years, people have had to endure knowing that this facility is named 
after a bigot.
  I believe that it is time for change. It is time to take the name of 
Richard Russell off this building. We don't have to name it in honor of 
someone else. Let it revert to the name that it had prior to Richard 
Russell; it was the Old Senate Office Building.
  I ask that we do this, and I am going to write a letter to each and 
every Senator explaining this and hoping that each and every Senator 
will at some point decide that a building paid for with taxpayer 
dollars should not be named in honor of a racist and a bigot.

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