[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 805]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WE SHOULD HONOR DR. KING EVERY DAY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was the day that we honor Martin 
Luther King's life and legacy--it should be honored every day--a great 
American who stood for justice, liberty.
  Yet in this House, there is not a desire on the other side of the 
aisle to increase the minimum wage, which would be one of the first 
things Dr. King would want. There is not a desire on the other side of 
the aisle to pass a Voting Rights Act for which Dr. King is known to 
have worked on the march in Selma and help bring about some 50 years 
ago. And there is no effort to reduce the great disparity in wealth 
that threatens the middle class and threatens the future of democracy 
and the way we know America.
  We should honor Dr. King every day. Unfortunately, many and most of 
his values are being neglected by the majority in this House.

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