[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 186 (Thursday, December 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING ROSA PARKS

  (Ms. SEWELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SEWELL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor an American native, 
an Alabama native, and a civil rights icon, Mrs. Rosa Parks, on the 
67th anniversary of her historic arrest.
  On this day, December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. Rosa 
Parks refused to give up her seat, taking a bold stand against 
Montgomery's segregated bus system. Her dignified courage sparked the 
beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott and changed the very fabric of 
our Nation.
  As the Representative of Alabama's Seventh Congressional District, I 
am proud to be an original cosponsor of H.R. 5111, the Rosa Parks Day 
Act, which would designate today, December 1, as a Federal holiday in 
her honor.
  This bill would ensure that her brave sacrifice will live on in 
American history forever, and I urge my colleagues to sign on.
  As we reflect on her courage, let us never forget the power of 
ordinary Americans to achieve extraordinary social change.
  In the words of Rosa Parks, I urge you all to ``never be fearful 
about what you are doing when it is right.''

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