[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 81 (Thursday, May 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING CODY ROUGE COMMUNITY ACTION ALLIANCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today in recognition of Cody Rouge 
Community Action Alliance for their outstanding service on behalf of 
our communities across Michigan's 13th District. They are celebrating 
their 15-year anniversary.
  The Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance was founded to serve the 
needs and goals of the neighborhood residents, businesses, and 
community-based organizations. They have worked so tirelessly to create 
pathways to greater community engagement, to build future leaders 
through its youth programming, and to create a better quality of life 
for all of our residents.
  Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance has been able to successfully 
connect thousands of residents to critical resources, especially during 
this pandemic. We have super supported this organization and continue 
to welcome them as they continue to expand to do more.
  The alliance, as many know, includes a multitude of instrumental 
churches and various faith leaders, as well as neighborhood 
organizations and associations.
  Please join me in recognizing the numerous contributions of the Cody 
Rouge Community Action Alliance on behalf of Michigan's 13th District 
Strong.


                          Honoring Rosa Parks

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I stand here today to celebrate the passage 
in this Chamber, the House of Representatives, of our bill, H.R. 6614, 
to honor the mother of the civil rights movement and the beloved 
resident of the 13th Congressional District, Rosa Parks.
  I am proud to lead this effort, in partnership with her family, to 
rename a United States Post Office near her Detroit home after this 
incredible leader. This comes at a time when the radical love and 
beautiful strength embodied in leaders like Rosa Louise Parks and so 
many others whose footsteps we march in today, like Dr. King, Malcolm 
X, Fred Hampton, Congressmen Cummings and John Lewis, is really under 
extreme attack. We can't allow any of our beloved civil rights leaders 
to be erased.
  We know our struggle against racism is a lifelong pursuit. As mother 
Rosa Parks would say, and she wrote: ``Freedom fighters never retire.'' 
As her memory continues to guide us, I will add that the spirit of 
freedom fighters never dies.
  I urge my colleagues in the Senate to please pass this bill, H.R. 
6614.


                        They Will Not Silence Us

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition of the simply 
draconian efforts to overturn the historic, landmark decision of Roe v. 
Wade and express disappointment in the failure of the Senate to codify 
Roe.
  Without widespread access to abortion care, millions of women in our 
communities all across our country will be deprived of their human 
rights, especially those pertaining to privacy.
  By no means is an abortion an easy choice, but it should be a 
guaranteed right within our healthcare system to prevent unnecessary 
trauma for our women across our country.
  It is truly disappointing to see efforts of those that claim they are 
pro-life but do not pass the child tax credit expansion, or don't 
support the End Child Poverty Act, or don't address the infant 
mortality crisis in our country. If they truly cared, they would be 
working on those issues.
  No matter how much others want to silence us, I remind women across 
the country that we will not be silent. We will continue to fight, from 
the streets of our communities in our districts, to keep voicing our 
opposition, to right here in the Halls of Congress.
  We are with you. We are going to continue to fight. Again, they will 
not silence us.

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