[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 200 (Monday, December 1, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4956]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING ROSA PARKS

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Rosa Parks, an 
American hero.
  Mr. Speaker, it was 70 years ago today, in Montgomery, Alabama, that 
Rosa Parks was arrested for not surrendering her bus seat to a White 
man, igniting a 381-day bus boycott.
  On December 5, more than 500 community leaders and guests will join 
me and Congressman   James Clyburn, the president of The Ohio State 
University, and the president and CEO of the Central Ohio Transit 
Authority.
  Mr. Speaker, 20 years ago, I wrote the legislation for Ohio to become 
the first State in the Nation to designate December 1 as Rosa Parks 
Day.
  Lastly, as America approaches its 250th birthday, we must also honor 
the mothers of our democracy and carry forward their courageous 
examples.

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