[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H9883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT DEFEATED

  (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because the Republican 
Party has once again chosen to stand against civil rights.
  Yesterday, Senator Cory Booker brought the CROWN Act to the Senate 
floor. This bill would ban hair discrimination, including the practice 
of discriminating against people, Black people, because of the way 
their hair naturally grows out of their heads. Republicans stopped the 
bill in its tracks.
  The CROWN Act should never ever have been a controversial bill. It 
simply protects our right to exist as our authentic selves. Apparently, 
that was just too much for today's Republican Party.
  Mr. Speaker, I stand here disappointed but not defeated. I will never 
stop fighting for all Americans' right to exist as their authentic 
selves. I pray that my Republican colleagues set petty party politics 
aside and choose to stand for justice when the next opportunity arises.

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