[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 112 (Monday, June 28, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                FOUNDING DOCUMENTS IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, recently, the National Archives released 
a report in which they concluded a structural nature of racism 
permeates all aspects of work and workplace culture at the National 
Archives. Unbelievable.
  Among other things, they claim that the rotunda where our founding 
documents--the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the 
Bill of Rights--are housed are displayed as an example of structural 
racism. Also, they called out the praise of our Founders that 
constructed those documents as being somehow triggering of people.
  The report recommends that we reimagine--a buzzword, these days--the 
rotunda at the National Archives, including staging dance and 
performance art in the space that invites dialogue about the ways the 
United States has mythologized the Founding era.
  So rather than celebrating our independence, like we will in a few 
days, we will be focused on the U.S. failures or flaws. It seems we 
have enough bashing of our country, our flag, even our National Anthem, 
as we saw at a track and field event of a would-be Olympian who turned 
away from our anthem.
  The report also calls for putting in place trigger warnings for those 
who would view and see the display there.
  We are losing our minds, folks. These are our founding documents.

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