February 9, 2005 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H479 Mr. Speaker, the union of Ossie Davis and Davis received several awards throughout the rules were suspended and the reso- Ruby Dee was among the most fruitful acting his career, including the Screen Actors Guild lution was agreed to. partnerships in American history. Together, Lifetime Achievement award and the Kennedy A motion to reconsider was laid on they made well over 150 films and plays. They Center Honor, which he received with his wife the table. also made history. During the fiery days of the in 2004. f Red Scare, Davis and Dee, who were nearly In particular, I will recall his powerful voice blacklisted themselves, stood up for their as host of the annual National Memorial Day ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER friend Paul Robeson, and for America’s key Concert held on the West Lawn of the Capitol. PRO TEMPORE freedoms. Reflecting on those trying years, As an eleven-time host of the concert, his ap- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Davis told the Boston Globe in 2003, ‘‘I’m sure pearance each and every year was an inspir- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings my wife and I suffered, but we never knew ing addition to our remembrance of those who will resume on motions to suspend the whether we were being punished for being served our nation. rules previously postponed. Votes will Mr. Speaker, I was truly saddened upon black or being red.’’ be taken in the following order: learning of his passing this past Friday. I Mr. Speaker, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee House Concurrent Resolution 6, by would like to express my deepest condolences fought for an end to racism in American cities the yeas and nays; to Ossie Davis’ family. My thoughts are with and in American film. They crusaded for civil House Concurrent Resolution 26, by his wife Ruby Dee and his three children Guy liberties and protested for peace. They served the yeas and nays; and Davis, Hasna Muhammad, and particularly as MC’s during the 1963 March on Wash- House Concurrent Resolution 30, by ington. They worked with black leaders like Dr. Nora Day, a proud resident of Montclair, NJ. the yeas and nays. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Fannie Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise The first electronic vote will be con- Lou Hamer. Upon their deaths, Davis eulo- today to express my support for H. Res. 69, ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining gized Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. honoring the life and accomplishments of the Ossie Davis understood the value of hard late Ossie Davis. electronic votes will be conducted as 5- work, the potential for collective action, and Ossie Davis was a devoted African Amer- minute votes. the crucial responsibility of government. When ican, husband, father, actor, director, soldier, f President Reagan proposed a 50% cut in the activist, and pioneer. He was born in 1917 in EXPRESSING SENSE OF CONGRESS National Endowment for the Humanities budg- Cogdell, GA and was the son of a railroad THAT DEPARTMENT OF DE- et, Davis registered his dissent to the House worker. Ossie Davis was passionately involved FENSE CONTINUE TO EXERCISE Appropriations Subcommittee. He said, ‘‘I was in civil rights issues and efforts to advance the ITS AUTHORITY SUPPORTING AC- able to pull myself up by my bootstraps—but cause of African Americans in the entertain- TIVITIES OF BOY SCOUTS OF only because the Federal Government pro- ment industry. Known for taking roles that vided the boots.’’ tackled racial injustice, he understood the im- AMERICA Ossie Davis was an actor and activist, a portance of black song, black music, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The player and a poet, a husband and a father, an black arts. pending business is the question of sus- example to us all. Mr. Speaker, my words are His career as an actor began in 1939 with pending the rules and agreeing to the insufficient to memorialize this great man. In- the Rose McClendon Players in Harlem. It concurrent resolution, H. Con. Res. 6. stead, I leave you with Ossie Davis’s wise was there that he met and mingled with some The Clerk read the title of the con- words, from an interview with Tavis Smiley on of the most influential figures of his time, in- current resolution. National Public Radio. ‘‘We can’t float through cluding Langston Hughes, A. Phillip Randolph The SPEAKER pro tempore. The life, we can’t be incidental or accidental. We and W.E.B. DuBois. question is on the motion offered by must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon His acting career was interrupted when he the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. as one comes up on the horizon. And once was asked to serve in the Army during World HEFLEY) that the House suspend the we’ve attached ourselves to that star, we must War II. He served in Libya at an African Amer- rules and agree to the concurrent reso- keep our eyes on it and our hands on the ican medical unit as an Army Surgical techni- lution, H. Con. Res. 6, on which the plough.’’ cian, where he stabilized some of the 700,000 yeas and nays are ordered. Mr. Speaker, let us let Ossie Davis’s words soldiers wounded in that war. The vote was taken by electronic de- In 1948, Ossie Davis debuted on Broadway be our guiding star. May he rest in peace. vice, and there were—yeas 418, nays 7, in ‘‘Jeb,’’ a play about a soldier returning Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in not voting 8, as follows: support of H. Res. 69, a resolution honoring home. His co-star was Ruby Dee, his wife of [Roll No. 24] the life and accomplishments of the late actor, 56 years, whose stage career paralleled his director, veteran, and civil rights activist Ossie own. The couple went on to write, direct, and YEAS—418 Davis. star in several films, most notably ‘‘Cotton Abercrombie Boozman Clay Comes to Harlem’’ in 1970 and ‘‘Countdown at Ackerman Boren Cleaver Ossie Davis was born in Cogdell, Georgia in Aderholt Boswell Clyburn 1917. Davis realized his love for acting and Kusini’’ in 1976. Ossie appeared in over 80 Akin Boucher Coble writing while attending Howard University, productions and was honored by the Kennedy Alexander Boustany Cole (OK) here in Washington, D.C. After finishing his Center for Performing Arts in 2004. Allen Boyd Conaway Andrews Bradley (NH) Conyers education, Davis moved to Harlem, New York I had the unique opportunity to meet and Baca Brady (PA) Cooper on a quest to start his acting career. Before he spend time with Ossie Davis over the years, Bachus Brady (TX) Costa could move into acting, Davis was drafted by and cherished every moment. He was a man Baird Brown (OH) Costello the United States Army. He served in the of character, wisdom, dignity, and excellence. Baker Brown (SC) Cox Baldwin Brown, Corrine Cramer Army medical unit during World War II. He embodied a sly humor and genuine kind- Barrett (SC) Brown-Waite, Crenshaw Ossie Davis appeared in almost all forms of ness that many will remember him by. My Barrow Ginny Crowley entertainment. He was brilliant to watch on thoughts and prayers go out to his family, Bartlett (MD) Burgess Cubin stage and knew how to captivate an audience. Barton (TX) Burton (IN) Cuellar friends, and all who loved him. As we cele- Bass Butterfield Culberson On screen he made all the characters he brate Black History Month, let us remember Bean Buyer Cummings played come to life right before our eyes. the life and accomplishments of the late Ossie Beauprez Calvert Cunningham Even as great as he was on stage and film, Davis, a true pioneer and advocate of African Becerra Camp Davis (AL) Berkley Cannon Davis (CA) Davis’ passion was writing. He wanted to Americans in the entertainment industry and in Berman Cantor Davis (FL) move audiences not just by his acting but by life. Berry Capito Davis (IL) his written word. Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, Biggert Capps Davis (KY) Davis and his wife Ruby Dee, also an es- I yield back the balance of my time. Bilirakis Capuano Davis (TN) Bishop (GA) Cardin Davis, Jo Ann tablished actor, were very active in civil rights The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bishop (NY) Cardoza Davis, Tom issues and promoting African-Americans in the LAHOOD). The question is on the mo- Bishop (UT) Carnahan Deal (GA) entertainment industry. They sued for African- tion offered by the gentleman from Blackburn Carson DeFazio American voting rights, and when their friend, Georgia (Mr. WESTMORELAND) that the Blunt Carter DeGette Boehlert Case Delahunt Paul Robeson, was blacklisted, they stood by House suspend the rules and agree to Boehner Castle DeLauro his side only to become a victim themselves. the resolution, H. Res. 69. Bonilla Chabot DeLay Ossie and Ruby Dee were proud participants The question was taken; and (two- Bonner Chandler Dent in the March on Washington in 1963. thirds having voted in favor thereof) Bono Chocola Diaz-Balart, L.

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Ortiz Duncan Knollenberg Pombo Deal (GA) Johnson, Sam Osborne Edwards Kolbe Pomeroy NAYS—7 DeFazio Jones (NC) Otter Ehlers Kuhl (NY) Porter Blumenauer Lee Woolsey DeGette Jones (OH) Owens Emanuel LaHood Portman Frank (MA) McDermott Delahunt Kanjorski Oxley Emerson Langevin Price (GA) Kucinich Stark DeLauro Kaptur Pallone Engel Lantos Price (NC) DeLay Keller Pascrell English (PA) Larsen (WA) Pryce (OH) NOT VOTING—8 Dent Kelly Pastor Etheridge Larson (CT) Putnam Eshoo Hinojosa Snyder Diaz-Balart, L. Kennedy (MN) Paul Evans Latham Radanovich Feeney Ros-Lehtinen Stupak Diaz-Balart, M. Kennedy (RI) Payne Everett LaTourette Rahall Hinchey Rush Dicks Kildee Pearce Farr Leach Ramstad Dingell Kilpatrick (MI) Pelosi Fattah Levin Rangel b 1715 Doggett Kind Pence Ferguson Lewis (CA) Regula Doolittle King (IA) Peterson (MN) Filner Lewis (GA) Rehberg Mr. MCDERMOTT and Ms. WOOLSEY Doyle King (NY) Peterson (PA) Fitzpatrick (PA) Lewis (KY) Reichert changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to Drake Kingston Petri Kirk Pickering Flake Linder Renzi ‘‘nay.’’ Dreier Foley Lipinski Reyes Duncan Kline Pitts Forbes LoBiondo Reynolds Mr. BUTTERFIELD changed his vote Edwards Knollenberg Platts Ford Lofgren, Zoe Rogers (AL) from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Ehlers Kolbe Poe Fortenberry Lowey Rogers (KY) Emanuel Kucinich Pombo So (two-thirds having voted in favor Kuhl (NY) Pomeroy Fossella Lucas Rogers (MI) thereof) the rules were suspended and Emerson Foxx Lungren, Daniel Rohrabacher Engel LaHood Porter Franks (AZ) E. Ross the concurrent resolution was agreed English (PA) Langevin Portman Lantos Price (GA) Frelinghuysen Lynch Rothman to. Etheridge Larsen (WA) Price (NC) Gallegly Mack Roybal-Allard Evans The result of the vote was announced Larson (CT) Pryce (OH) Garrett (NJ) Maloney Royce Everett as above recorded. Latham Putnam Gerlach Manzullo Ruppersberger Farr LaTourette Radanovich Gibbons Marchant Ryan (OH) A motion to reconsider was laid on Fattah Leach Rahall Gilchrest Markey Ryan (WI) Ferguson the table. Lee Ramstad Gillmor Marshall Ryun (KS) Filner Levin Rangel Gingrey Matheson Sabo f Fitzpatrick (PA) Lewis (CA) Regula Gohmert McCarthy Salazar Flake Lewis (GA) Rehberg Gonzalez McCaul (TX) Sa´ nchez, Linda Foley HONORING THE TUSKEGEE Lewis (KY) Reichert McCollum (MN) T. Goode AIRMEN Forbes Linder Renzi Goodlatte McCotter Sanchez, Loretta Ford Lipinski Reyes Gordon McCrery Sanders The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fortenberry LoBiondo Reynolds Granger McGovern Saxton LAHOOD). The pending business is the Fossella Lofgren, Zoe Rogers (AL) Graves McHenry Schakowsky question of suspending the rules and Foxx Lowey Rogers (KY) Green (WI) McHugh Schiff Frank (MA) agreeing to the concurrent resolution, Lucas Rogers (MI) Green, Al McIntyre Schwartz (PA) Franks (AZ) Lungren, Daniel Rohrabacher Green, Gene McKeon Schwarz (MI) H. Con. Res. 26. Frelinghuysen E. Ross Grijalva McKinney Scott (GA) The Clerk read the title of the con- Gallegly Lynch Rothman Gutierrez McMorris Scott (VA) current resolution. Garrett (NJ) Mack Roybal-Allard Gutknecht McNulty Sensenbrenner Gerlach Maloney Royce Hall Meehan Serrano The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gibbons Manzullo Ruppersberger Harman Meek (FL) Sessions question is on the motion offered by Gilchrest Marchant Ryan (OH) Harris Meeks (NY) Shadegg the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. ROG- Gillmor Markey Ryan (WI) Hart Melancon Shaw Gingrey ERS) that the House suspend the rules Marshall Ryun (KS) Hastings (FL) Menendez Shays Gohmert Matheson Sabo Hastings (WA) Mica Sherman and agree to the concurrent resolution, Gonzalez McCarthy Salazar Hayes Michaud Sherwood H. Con. Res. 26, on which the yeas and Goode McCaul (TX) Sa´ nchez, Linda Hayworth Millender- Shimkus nays are ordered. Goodlatte McCollum (MN) T. Hefley McDonald Shuster Granger McCotter Sanchez, Loretta Hensarling Miller (FL) Simmons This will be a 5-minute vote. Graves McCrery Sanders Herger Miller (MI) Simpson The vote was taken by electronic de- Green (WI) McDermott Saxton Herseth Miller (NC) Skelton vice, and there were—yeas 423, nays 0, Green, Al McGovern Schakowsky Higgins Miller, Gary Slaughter not voting 10, as follows: Green, Gene McHenry Schiff Hobson Miller, George Smith (NJ) Grijalva McHugh Schwartz (PA) Hoekstra Mollohan Smith (TX) [Roll No. 25] Gutierrez McIntyre Schwarz (MI) Holden Moore (KS) Smith (WA) YEAS—423 Gutknecht McKeon Scott (GA) Holt Moore (WI) Sodrel Hall McKinney Scott (VA) Honda Moran (KS) Solis Abercrombie Blunt Capuano Harman McMorris Sensenbrenner Hooley Moran (VA) Souder Ackerman Boehlert Cardin Harris McNulty Serrano Hostettler Murphy Spratt Aderholt Boehner Cardoza Hart Meehan Sessions Hoyer Murtha Stearns Akin Bonilla Carnahan Hastings (FL) Meek (FL) Shadegg Hulshof Musgrave Strickland Alexander Bonner Carson Hastings (WA) Meeks (NY) Shaw Hunter Myrick Sullivan Allen Bono Carter Hayes Melancon Shays Hyde Nadler Sweeney Andrews Boozman Case Hayworth Menendez Sherman Inglis (SC) Napolitano Tancredo Baca Boren Castle Hefley Michaud Sherwood Inslee Neal (MA) Tanner Bachus Boswell Chabot Hensarling Millender- Shimkus Israel Neugebauer Tauscher Baird Boucher Chandler Herger McDonald Shuster Issa Ney Taylor (MS) Baker Boustany Chocola Herseth Miller (FL) Simmons Istook Northup Taylor (NC) Baldwin Boyd Clay Higgins Miller (MI) Simpson Jackson (IL) Norwood Terry Barrett (SC) Bradley (NH) Cleaver Hobson Miller (NC) Skelton Jackson-Lee Nunes Thomas Barrow Brady (PA) Clyburn Hoekstra Miller, Gary Slaughter (TX) Nussle Thompson (CA) Bartlett (MD) Brady (TX) Coble Holden Miller, George Smith (NJ) Jefferson Oberstar Thompson (MS) Barton (TX) Brown (OH) Cole (OK) Holt Mollohan Smith (TX) Jenkins Obey Thornberry Bass Brown (SC) Conaway Honda Moore (KS) Smith (WA) Jindal Olver Tiahrt Bean Brown, Corrine Conyers Hooley Moore (WI) Sodrel Johnson (CT) Ortiz Tiberi Beauprez Brown-Waite, Cooper Hostettler Moran (KS) Solis Johnson (IL) Osborne Tierney Becerra Ginny Costa Hoyer Moran (VA) Souder Johnson, E. B. Otter Towns Berkley Burgess Costello Hulshof Murphy Spratt Johnson, Sam Owens Turner Berman Burton (IN) Cox Hunter Murtha Stark Jones (NC) Oxley Udall (CO) Berry Butterfield Cramer Hyde Musgrave Stearns Jones (OH) Pallone Udall (NM) Biggert Buyer Crenshaw Inglis (SC) Myrick Strickland Kanjorski Pascrell Upton Bilirakis Calvert Crowley Inslee Nadler Sullivan Kaptur Pastor Van Hollen Bishop (GA) Camp Cubin Israel Napolitano Sweeney Keller Paul Vela´ zquez Bishop (NY) Cannon Cuellar Issa Neal (MA) Tancredo Kelly Payne Visclosky Bishop (UT) Cantor Culberson Istook Neugebauer Tanner Kennedy (MN) Pearce Walden (OR) Blackburn Capito Cummings Jackson (IL) Ney Tauscher Kennedy (RI) Pelosi Walsh Blumenauer Capps Cunningham

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