[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 98 (Tuesday, June 6, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H2747-H2748]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       HONORING MOTHER ROSA PARKS

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) for 5 minutes.

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  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, yesterday, I was honored to join Rosa 
Parks' family, alongside Senator Gary Peters and local community 
advocates, to rename the Grand River Post Office near her home in 
Detroit the Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office.
  I am so proud to recognize the mother of the civil rights movement 
and a beloved resident of our community in Detroit, Mother Rosa Parks.
  It was truly a personal honor to partner with Mother Parks' family to 
keep this freedom fighter's legacy alive in yet another powerful way.
  I cannot wait for the child to walk in to see the name on the post 
office and ask: ``Who was that?''
  It was a privilege to lead this effort in Congress, with the support 
of the Michigan delegation, to commemorate this incredible civil rights 
leader.
  As we know, on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to surrender her 
seat on a Montgomery bus to a White passenger. Her refusal was not only 
an act of courage and a protest against racial segregation and 
oppression, Madam Speaker, it was an assertion that our Black neighbors 
deserved human dignity.
  Her act of defiance ignited the Montgomery bus boycott, a pivotal 
moment in the civil rights movement.
  In 1957, Mother Parks left Montgomery, Alabama, to move to the most 
beautiful, Blackest city in the country, the city of Detroit. She lived 
there for nearly 50 years and served our community tirelessly as a 
congressional staff member for the late Congressman John Conyers.
  Despite efforts that we are seeing today around the Nation of those 
who want to erase history leaders like Mother Rosa Parks, Dr. King, 
Malcolm X, and so many others, we will continue to uplift those who 
bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.
  Today and always, Madam Speaker, we stand on the shoulders of Mother 
Parks and the countless others who fought for equality and justice for 
all. I am inspired every single day by her bravery and strength. Her 
legacy serves as a powerful reminder to every single one of us that, 
with courage and determination, there is power to change the course of 
our history.
  May Mother Parks always remind us that we cannot remain silent when 
we encounter injustice, discrimination, or racism, but that we must 
always take a stand and speak out, even when our voice shakes, to 
continue to build on her most beautiful movement to build a more 
equitable, loving, and just world.
  Madam Speaker, we know that our struggle against racism and white 
supremacy is a lifelong pursuit. As Mother Parks wrote: ``Freedom 
fighters never retire.'' As her memory continues to guide us, may her 
legacy never die.
  I am so grateful for the opportunity to honor Mother Parks alongside 
the McCauley and Parks families and hope that the symbol of our 
appreciation is felt by those who loved her.

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               American Indian Health and Family Services

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I was blessed to have grown up in southwest 
Detroit. This is where over 20 different ethnicities live, and every 
neighborhood has their own flavor in how they show up for each other.
  This is why I am so grateful that I secured $1.5 million in funding 
for American Indian Health and Family Services as they expand their 
healthcare and mental health services to our families.
  This healthcare center is tucked in a residential street between 
homes where people can walk to get the services that they need.
  Expanding their efforts will change lives in a meaningful way, and I 
am so proud to have been part of that.


                     Auto Insurance Discrimination

  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, auto insurance discrimination continues to 
keep our residents in a cycle of poverty. Your education level, your 
ZIP code, and marital status doesn't determine your driving ability and 
neither does your credit score. Yet our neighbors, especially in 
Detroit, regularly face higher insurance rates--up to $5,000 per month 
in some cases.
  Someone with a perfect driving record and poor credit can pay up to 
two or three times more than those with a higher credit score, even 
with a driving under the influence violation.
  We must stop these predatory and discriminatory practices by auto 
insurance companies.
  I am so grateful to partner with Congresswoman Watson Coleman and 
Congressman Takano in introducing the Prohibiting Auto Insurance 
Discrimination Act. This is how we can push back against corporate 
greed and those that use proxies to discriminate.

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