[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S ASSASSINATION

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow will mark 50 years since President 
John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination in Dallas, Texas.
  As Americans pause to remember President Kennedy's legacy of public 
service and fight toward achieving racial equality, north Texas will 
host events related to the occasion, both in Dallas and Fort Worth.
  A dear friend and mentor, former House Speaker Jim Wright, who 
accompanied the President on that fateful day, will be a special guest 
at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce High Impact 50th Anniversary 
Breakfast at the Downtown Fort Worth Hilton. Formerly known as the 
Hotel Texas, it is where President Kennedy spent his last night and 
delivered one of his final two speeches.
  President Kennedy defied a tumultuous era of racial and gender 
discrimination by promoting forward-thinking policies for the sake of 
progress. Kennedy also defined the civil rights crisis as moral, as 
well as constitutional and legal.
  As we commemorate President Kennedy's life and the historic impact he 
had on the Dallas-Fort Worth area and the Nation, I call upon my 
colleagues to work together to ensure that the legacy that inspired a 
generation lives on.

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