[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BLACK HISTORY MONTH

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, this is the very last day of the 
month of February, which is Black History Month, and today I rise to 
thank the many Members who have supported H. Res. 198, which recognizes 
the significance of Black History Month.
  This piece of legislation is supported by conservatives, moderates 
and liberals. It is a piece of legislation that I received not one 
negative comment on. Every person that we requested agreed to support 
the legislation. So I thank those who supported it.
  But I also, Mr. Speaker, want to apologize to the many that I did not 
approach and ask for support because my belief is that this kind of 
legislation will receive the support of all persons of goodwill. 
African Americans in the diaspora in America merit this kind of 
support. The Members of this House have given it to African Americans 
and to persons of goodwill, and I thank them all.

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