[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4907]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HARRIET TUBMAN $20 BILL

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday Secretary of the Treasury Lew 
announced that for the first time U.S. paper currency will feature 
portraits of great American women. I am very proud that a Maryland 
native, an abolition hero, Harriet Tubman, was selected to be the new 
face on the $20 bill.
  Born into slavery on Maryland's eastern shore, she escaped to freedom 
but returned to rescue her family members. It was dangerous and could 
easily have cost Tubman her life or her freedom.
  After rescuing her family, she kept coming back for others who sought 
freedom, using the alias, Moses. How appropriate. She brought dozens of 
people out of slavery, never once losing a passenger on her Underground 
Railroad route.
  During the Civil War, she was an agent for the Union. In the decades 
following the war, she was active in the movement for women's suffrage.
  I can think of no one more suited to be honored with a portrait on 
the $20 bill. I am also pleased that other women will be featured on 
our currency.

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