[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 97 (Friday, June 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING FATHERHOOD

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss 
fatherhood. We must honor the amazing fathers throughout these 
buildings and across the Nation.
  As a Congresswoman, founder of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence, 
and chair of the U.S. Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and 
Boys, I continue to celebrate and uplift fathers.
  I proudly join my colleague Representative Burgess in a bipartisan 
fashion to promote building stronger families through fatherhood.
  Still, too many families are broken due to State and Federal policies 
resulting in mass incarceration.
  We must address the many facets of public policy that hinder Black 
fatherhood. Organizations like the Jack Brewer Foundation play such a 
vital role in ensuring fathers and father figures have the tools they 
need to raise our children.
  Today, we proudly recognize the Jack Brewer Foundation of Florida. It 
is all about prevention, not detention. That starts with all of us.

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