[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 106 (Thursday, June 17, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2898]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONTINUE THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE

  (Mr. BOWMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOWMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise with great excitement and joy in my 
heart that today Juneteenth will become a national holiday.
  156 years after the end of slavery in this country, we will now, on 
an annual basis, reflect collectively and, hopefully, begin the process 
of truth and collective healing as a nation.
  But I ask us that we must not stop here. We must continue to go 
forward to fight for racial justice because in many parts of our 
country it still exists in the form of housing discrimination and 
segregation, lack of access to healthcare, and wealth inequality.
  It is so humbling to stand here as a Black man in America and take 
another step toward feeling whole in this country. But we must--we have 
to come together across party lines to do much more.

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