[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2178]
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                            Ulysses S. Grant

  Madam President, I know the vote is imminent, but I wanted to also 
echo his words on Ulysses S. Grant.
  History was not always kind to Grant, as a general and as a 
President. With the publication of Ron Chernow's book on Grant, many of 
us and many historians and many citizens changed their views on Grant 
as a very important general and a very important President, who did 
mostly the right things on race after the Civil War. And if he could 
have served another term or two, our country would look very different, 
in terms of race and in terms of the structure, in terms of the Black 
codes and Jim Crow and structural racism that we have seen in this 
country.
  I just wanted to call to the Senate's attention, Senator Blunt and I 
have a resolution--it may be hotlined later today, I believe--in 
commendation, thanking President Grant, honoring the life and legacy of 
U.S. Grant and the commemoration of his 200th birthday. So I also 
wanted to add those comments.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant executive clerk (Alaina Skalski) proceeded to 
call the roll.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.