[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2928]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

  (Ms. PRESSLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of Caribbean 
American Heritage Month.
  First, I want to give credit where credit is due and thank 
Congresswoman Barbara Lee for her leadership which made this 
designation possible beginning in 2006. I have to thank Caribbean 
American Shirley Chisholm who was the first Black woman to serve in 
Congress. I would not be here today if she had not blazed a trail.
  Throughout the month of June, we come together to uplift and 
celebrate the remarkable contributions, radiant culture, and deep 
history of our Caribbean siblings, some who are the descendants of 
those who were forced into migration due to the transatlantic slave 
trade and those who migrated as Caribbean nationals.
  I represent the Massachusetts Seventh which is the third largest 
Caribbean population in the United States.
  Dominicans, Jamaicans, Trinidadians, Bajans, Haitians, and more shape 
our community and contribute to our economy, culture, and civic life.
  Whether we are experiencing Caribbean Carnival, the third largest in 
North America in Boston, or at the policy table working to mitigate the 
impacts of climate change on our island neighbors, I am deeply grateful 
to and for them all.

  In honoring Caribbean American Heritage Month, I reaffirm my 
commitment to my Caribbean neighbors throughout the United States.

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