[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 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. Madam Speaker, 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 
liberation of millions of people in the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, and 
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 achievements of this 
fundamentally American institution in its 150th anniversary year, the 
House Republican Policy Committee has published the 2005 Republican 
Freedom Calendar. Each day the Republican Freedom Calendar lists an 
important milestone in the Republican Party's history of advancing 
freedom and the civil rights of every American.
  On this day in 1948, we mourned the death of California Republican 
woman from my home State, Florence Kahn, the first Jewish woman to 
serve in the United States House of Representatives, who paved the way 
by her service for many more Jewish women who have followed.

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  She was a Member of Congress from San Francisco from 1925 to 1937.
  Madam Speaker, the 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar is available on 
the Internet at policy.house.gov.

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