[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17639]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 2005 REPUBLICAN FREEDOM CALENDAR CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF 
                            REPUBLICAN PARTY

  (Mr. COX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, what we are fighting for in Iraq is what we 
have always fought for here in America. We are fighting for freedom.
  This year is the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Republican 
Party. Over a century and a half, from the abolition of slavery to the 
establishment of women's suffrage, to the freeing of millions of people 
from slavery and the Soviet Empire, Afghanistan, and in Iraq, the 
Republican Party has been the most effective political organization in 
the history of the world in advancing the cause of freedom.
  So that all of us can learn more about the civil rights achievements 
of this distinguished American institution in its 150th anniversary 
year, the House Republican Policy Committee has produced this 2005 
Republican Freedom Calendar. Each day of the year the calendar lists an 
important milestone in the Republican Party's history of advancing 
freedom.
  Thirty-five years ago yesterday, America mourned the death of one of 
the world's greatest civil rights champions, Senate Republican Leader 
Everett Dirksen. It was he who authored the 1960 Civil Rights Act, and 
it was he more than any other person who was responsible for passage of 
the 1964 Civil Rights Act, including defeating a 14-hour Democrat 
filibuster in the Senate.
  The 2005 Freedom Calendar is available both in published and 
electronic form on the Internet at policy.house.gov.

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