February 4, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H795 was a pleasure to travel to your south- We have to send that message across up for work on time or anything you ern border. I have traveled to the Central America, across South Amer- endeavor in, nobody shoots for below southern border of California many ica, that we are actually sending the the bar. You shoot for the best. Yet in times. And as we saw on the entire bor- message that our borders are secure, this endeavor, we have people literally der security trip, our entire southern and this isn’t going to just be an auto- in this Congress who are saying let’s border is very different depending on matic path during the summer months actually do less than we can do—actu- which State and which area of the across that river. ally, let’s do less than we are doing State that you are in. Many things we can do. Many things right now. So that seems to fly in the In my home State of California, we we need to do. This bill will give us the face of what every single American, re- saw the jet skis that were coming measurements and metrics to secure gardless of your positions on other along the surf that were bringing in a our border. things, feels about securing the border. couple of illegal aliens at the time. We Ms. MCSALLY. Thank you, Mr. Ms. MCSALLY. Thank you so much. I have got to be able to address that DENHAM. I appreciate you coming to appreciate it, Mr. PERRY. from a Coast Guard perspective. visit our district to see that firsthand, Again, I have about 10 minutes to And when you have double fencing in and I look forward to working with you wrap up here. I do want to tell some those high urban areas, we saw the as well on getting this bill across the stories related to the level of activity Vietnam landing strips that, at one finish line. in the district and how it is impacting time, were a very good piece to add One thing I think is important for real people in southern Arizona and along border security when we had those who are watching to know is we their families and the threat that has nothing. But now we have got to re- have had a variety of people speak in been increasing. place that with new fence that will support of this bill. Often we have dif- For those who are not aware, Rob allow our Border Patrol agents to actu- ferent views on some other topics or Krentz is a rancher in my district, and ally see through and address it when even what we should be doing as we are he was killed. He was murdered on his there is a weakened area in that fence. addressing some of the other chal- own ranch in 2010. This is as it was re- We have got to go much further. lenges related to immigration. But we ported by The Arizona Republic: Along the California border we also are all in agreement on one thing, On a breezy spring morning, a red ATV have a number of mountains and even which is we need to secure the border; rolled across southeastern Arizona’s border cliffs where we have to address the bor- that this is an urgent issue. badlands beneath the mystical Chiricahua der differently. And in your area, we Across the spectrum, this is some- Mountains. A gray-haired rancher in classic saw where a truck was able to cut cowboy attire—jeans, boots, denim vest, and thing that unites those of us within the shirt—was at the wheel, accompanied by his through, while you had a big fence, was conference, and really should unite this dog, Blue. able to cut through that fence and ac- body. Robert Krentz, 58, was checking stock tually go across the border into your I know my community is a very split ponds and water lines on the 35,000-acre area, which is why we need the VADER district politically, but everyone spread not far from where Apache leader Ge- technology. agrees, whether they are Democrat, ronimo surrendered to the U.S. cavalry. The We saw some of the technology that Independent or Republican, they want Krentz clan began raising cattle there more is being redeployed from Afghanistan, than a century ago, shortly before Mexican their family to be safe and secure. Revolution leader Pancho Villa prowled and with that infrared technology, we They want their community to be safe nearby. In modern times, the sparsely popu- actually saw individuals coming across and secure, and this bill does that. lated San Bernardino Valley, bordering New the border. So it is time that we work together Mexico and Senora, became a magnet for But with the VADER technology, we to get this thing passed. So thank you, bird watchers and a haven for smugglers. can actually see 150 miles. So you Mr. DENHAM. Krentz pulled to a stop, as he noticed a would see people actually lining up on I will continue to tell a few stories man apparently injured. The rancher made a the border or preparing to bring drugs here from my district that I do want to garbled radio call to his brother, Phil—some- thing about an illegal alien hurt; call Border across. share. Now we can actually work with our Patrol. It was about 10:30 a.m., March 27, Mr. PERRY, I yield for just a minute. 2010. counterparts in Mexico to actually go I do have a number of things I do want What happened that morning as shots and address it from their perspective to share before we wrap up. echoed across the grassy range would roil before it even gets on to American soil. Mr. PERRY. We want to make sure Arizona politics and fuel the U.S. immigra- So there is much more that we can that we get all the information out tion debate for years to come. do, both with technology that is com- about this. As I said, the GAO’s best es- One day earlier, Phil had put Border Patrol agents onto a group of suspected drug run- ing back from Afghanistan, coming timate, I think, is about 56 percent of back from Iraq, as well as new tech- ners on the family’s land, resulting in eight the border is not secured. arrests and the seizure of 200 pounds of mari- nology that will give the American Another thing to mention about this juana. public the assurance that we have the bill is that we are looking for 100 per- After Krentz’s broken radio transmission, measurements and metrics in place to cent. Now, we understand, just like law family members almost immediately secure our border. enforcement, they don’t catch every launched a search. Part of our challenge right now is criminal, and sometimes prisoners es- And also neighbors. There were other not knowing how many people are com- cape from prison, but we expect the ranchers in the area that started this ing across. If you never know how warden to secure the prison, and the search, trying to track the killers, and many people are coming across, you plan is to keep everybody in prison in they enlisted help to track the foot- can never address how many you are prison. steps south. actually catching, and the metrics are But with this bill we expect 100 per- Rob was found just before midnight, his on how many people are actually com- cent, and it is important to note that body lying on the ground with his feet still ing into our country. the other side would have us diminish inside the all-terrain vehicle. Two 9-milli- If we are going to have a full debate that standard. meter slugs had fatally penetrated his lungs. on immigration, we have to first give Another bullet wounded his dog, which had the American public the sense and the b 1715 to be euthanized. Krentz carried a rifle and security that we need and deserve, and Right now, GAO is saying that 50 per- pistol in his Polaris Ranger but apparently cent of the border is unmonitored and never got a chance to use them. After being this bill will do just that. shot, he managed to drive about 1,000 feet be- We have to do it now. We can no not secured. We actually have people in fore collapsing. longer wait until there is another surge this Congress saying let’s lessen the The only immediate sign of an assailant of 50 or 60,000 unaccompanied minors or standard that we have currently right was a set of footprints. Trackers followed family units that are coming across now, and the best we can get is 50-some them nearly 20 miles south to Mexico, where the Texas border, where they are just percent. the trail vanished. hopping in a boat, going 100 yards, and I don’t know who in their life plans His murderers have never been stepping on American soil and then to fail, doesn’t plan to exceed and do caught to this day. Rob Krentz’ family looking for refuge. the maximum. Whether it is showing deals with this grief and deals with the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 Feb 05, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04FE7.061 H04FEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H796 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 4, 2015 fear of the border not being secured English. They were frantic to have me take being a lifetime criminal and a repeat and what is going to happen next to them to the ‘‘police.’’ They stated they were offender. He is just used by these traf- them. This is very real in southern Ari- from India. I talked them out of my truck fickers going back and forth. He was and back onto the side of the road, promised zona. them I would, no doubt, call Border Patrol, detained for 2 days, and he wasn’t In 2010, Brian Terry, a Border Patrol and they let me leave. charged with weapons charges or mul- agent, was also murdered by smugglers Yep, scared me for a few minutes. tiple entries, and he was sent back to in our district. Let me tell you, Kelly Glenn Kimbro Mexico, again, to probably be used by On December 14, 2010, Border Patrol Agents is a tough woman. She is a rancher. these transnational criminal organiza- William Castano, Gabriel Fragoza, Timothy She is a mountain lion hunter. She is tions. Keller, and Brian Terry demonstrated ex- cool under pressure. How would you be- This is very real to southern Arizona. treme bravery while facing a lethal threat have in that circumstance? The transnational criminal organiza- from a superior number of armed subjects The challenge that she has—and she tions are daily trafficking. suspected of trafficking drugs in the area. has got an 18-year-old daughter who There is another photo I have right And I am reading from a citation, often drives home alone. They are hav- here, and you can see on the other side where he earned the 2010 Congressional ing to make life-and-death decisions. of the photo, a number of individuals Badge of Bravery. How did she know that they were not that are just mules. They are packing All four agents were operating as members armed? How did she know what their drugs, and they are just going through of a small four-man rural assault element intentions were? And if she decided to their property. tasked with interdicting armed suspects op- hit the gas and did harm them, then There are other photos I have here erating west of the town of Rio Rico, Ari- they would be questioning her actions related to some of the ranchers who— zona. This four-man element had occupied a remote interdiction site consisting of rug- because they were, in fact, unarmed. there is just no fence. Again, as we ged, steep, and difficult terrain for a period This is just the type of circumstances talked about earlier, the fence is not of 48 hours without relief. that these people are dealing with, just the only solution, but fencing will at At approximately 11 p.m., the team was living in their own homes, just going in least delay the activity. This is just alerted to at least five suspects moving into and out of their own community, just one of the rancher’s pictures of just a the interdiction zone. Without regard for in- traveling to the store and going about barbed wire fence that is easy to be cut dividual safety, the small team maneuvered their business. through on foot or with a vehicle. into a position to interdict and apprehend There are a couple of other stories. So I am urging my colleagues to pass the five individuals passing directly in front Gary Thrasher is a rancher and vet- of them. As the agents identified themselves, this border security bill. I am urging erinarian who has worked and prac- those who are listening to please con- suddenly and without warning, the subjects ticed in Cochise County since 1984. opened fire on them. Placing themselves at tact your Members of Congress in the great risk of serious physical injury or Over the past 30 years, he has seen how House and the Senate. Let’s not play death, all four agents bravely stood their border security issues have led to dra- politics with securing our border. Now ground in an attempt to provide vital protec- matic changes in the county’s way of is the time. tion for their teammates. life. These ranchers have put up with this During the short and horrific gun battle, Gary lives about 3 miles from the for decades. They have cooperated with Agent Brian Terry sustained a fatal injury. border. Over the past 4 years, 11 of his Border Patrol. Border Patrol is doing Realizing that Agent Terry had been injured, ranch family clients have sold out, and the best they can, but we have got to the team, without hesitation, continued to that has had a big economic impact on change the strategy, and we have got selflessly place themselves in harm’s way by his practice as well. They have just de- attempting to provide lifesaving techniques to address this issue. It should be a bi- cided to give up. They can’t afford to for Agent Terry and providing perimeter se- partisan issue and something that ranch in the area under this danger curity, preventing the assailants from ma- unites us. Let’s get the job done so we neuvering on their position. One of the sus- anymore. Many of those families have just said that they can’t deal with the can protect the people of southern Ari- pects was wounded during the incident and zona, the people of Texas, the people was ultimately taken into custody. threats and the anxieties of life along the U.S.-Mexico border; and for the living in other border communities, Brian Terry is a hero. Rob Krentz and our Nation. was on his property when he was mur- ranchers who remain, it has become in- creasingly hard to find people who Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance dered. Brian Terry was brutally mur- of my time. dered. want to work on their ranch near a Let me tell you another story, one of border that is constantly crossed with f rancher Kelly Glenn Kimbro, a fourth these transnational criminal organiza- BLACK HISTORY MONTH tions. generation rancher. I am reading from The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under an email that she sent to me in June, Another rancher shared, anony- mously, that he has got a couple of the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- just an incident that she had on her uary 6, 2015, the gentleman from Texas ranch east of Douglas. houses, one 2 miles and one 40 miles from the border, and he has got far (Mr. AL GREEN) is recognized for 60 A couple of days ago, I was driving from more trouble at the house 40 miles minutes as the designee of the minor- the Malpai Ranch to Douglas on Geronimo ity leader. Trail. At mile marker 11, I could see motion from the border. He has had, according to him, 15 to 16 break-ins, home inva- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speak- ahead of me in the road; and as I approached, er, I thank the leader for allowing me 13 men formed a barricade with their bodies sions, and one of them was just 3 weeks across the road. I slowed and tried to pass on ago. to be a designee for this moment in the right. They moved right. I had locked my One last story from another rancher. time. doors as I approached and my windows were He and his son, they said they left the I am also very appreciative for this up. ranch. Someone broke in, stole food, special time. This is Black History Knowing that I had to either run over sev- and then they left. The next day, they Month, and it is a very special month eral of them, I stopped. They immediately saw individuals moving north. The son in the life of African Americans. But if surrounded my truck. Two fellows stood in pursued them, and the Border Patrol the truth be told, it is a special month front of my truck with their hands on the in the life of all Americans because hood, holding me in place. Several guys then captured them. It turned out, ac- started to climb onto the running boards and cording to this rancher, that, after Black history is American history. into the back. One was rummaging around breaking into his ranch, they broke I had the opportunity just a couple of my tools. I was thinking that if he proceeded into a hunter’s property and stole a nights ago to appear on the floor with to break a window that I would possibly use weapon. The pistol was ditched before a couple of my colleagues, the Honor- my pistol. I was not sure if I was being hi- they were caught but connected back able DONALD PAYNE, JR., from New Jer- jacked or what. to them. Who knows what their inten- sey and the Honorable ROBIN KELLY Think about it. This is a woman tions were. from Illinois. They were here to have a alone in her truck, with 13 men stop- This is the challenge that these peo- Special Order hour. I want to com- ping her in her tracks. ple have. pliment them because that Special I put my window down a couple inches and The rancher talked with the migrant Order hour, indeed, dealt with a lot of told them to get back. They started talking criminal. And he said he admitted to Black history. They talked about 50

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 Feb 05, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04FE7.062 H04FEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE February 4, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H797 years from Selma—where we were, b 1730 Thurgood Marshall came to Howard where we are now, and where we are Black history does not mean that University after having been a reject at headed. They did such a great job that Black people assume that they are bet- the University of Maryland. He tried to I thought it appropriate to acknowl- ter than anyone else. It just means get in, and he could not. In a strange edge the outstanding effort and the that they would like to be included in sort of way, it compels me to say: fact that a good number of Members history because they believe that no Thank God for the University of Mary- were very supportive of what they did. one else is better than we are. We are land because had they not rejected I am honored to also say that we plan all the same. We are all God’s children, Thurgood Marshall, he would not have to continue that tonight with this Spe- and we all bring special talents and come to Howard University. cial Order time, and we will talk about special attributes that make this great There is a good likelihood he would Black History Month, but from a country the wonderful place that it is. not have met Charles Hamilton Hous- slightly different perspective. Tonight, in talking about this cen- ton and, as a result, may not have ac- We are honored to say that this reso- tury of Black life, history, and culture quired the intelligence that Charles lution that we have introduced into in this, the United States of America— Hamilton Houston provided a plethora Congress—it was introduced on Janu- and we could make it the world—but of lawyers about the Constitution as it ary 6, 2015—this is the ninth time that let’s just talk about the United States relates to ‘‘separate but equal.’’ It was I have had the pleasure of introducing since the organization the Association Thurgood Marshall who became his this resolution, and it has 24 original for the Study of African American Life prize student. Thurgood Marshall, cosponsors. And I want to thank all of and History was founded in the United along with Charles Hamilton Houston, the original cosponsors for being a part States—this is the 100th anniversary— became two of the great litigators to of helping this resolution come to the I will ask the question and give some bring down Jim Crow. One of the cases that Thurgood Mar- floor for this Special Order time. examples of why this question is so im- shall and Charles Hamilton Houston We are not here for the purpose of portant. passage, but we are here for the pur- The question that I pose tonight is brought before the Maryland Court of pose of expressing much about Black with reference to the giants that we Appeals, the one that stands out more history and explaining why this resolu- know about in history, and we stand on than any other, is the case of Murray v. Pearson. tion is so important. It is important the shoulders of giants—we all do—the In that case, Murray wanted to get not only to me and the people in my shoulders of giants, people who have district, which is, quite frankly, one of into the University of Maryland as done great things to make it possible well. Isn’t it ironic that Thurgood Mar- the most diverse districts in the coun- for us to have these great opportunities try—in my district, the ballot is print- shall, who could not get into the insti- that we have, people who suffered tution and who went to Howard Univer- ed in four languages: English, Spanish, many of the slings and arrows of life so Vietnamese, and Chinese. Hence, Black sity, had the opportunity to become that others could have a better quality the understudy, if you will, of the hon- History Month is important to not only of life. Many of them are well known. the African Americans in my district, orable Charles Hamilton Houston? Isn’t We stand on the shoulders tonight of it ironic that the circle comes back to but all of the other friends, associates, giants. the University of Maryland with one of and constituents that I have in my dis- The question that I pose is: Whose his first cases after completing law trict. They constantly talk to me shoulders do the giants stand on? If we school? about Black History Month. We talked stand on the shoulders of giants, whose Thurgood Marshall was the lead about other aspects of history as well, shoulders do they stand on? counsel, along with the honorable but tonight we will focus on Black his- Thurgood Marshall, one of the great- Charles Hamilton Houston, against the tory. est litigators in the history of the University of Maryland to bring about It is important to note that this is United States of America, won 29 of 32 an opportunity for the use of the doc- the 100th anniversary of the organiza- cases before the Supreme Court. He trine of ‘‘separate but equal’’ being at- tion that promoted and promulgated was a great litigator and went on to be- tacked with constitutional provisions, Black History Month. This organiza- come a Justice on the Supreme Court and they were successful. tion, the Association for the Study of of the United States of America, the I am proud to know that while African American Life and History, first African American, a giant. Thurgood Marshall is the giant, a Su- founded by the Honorable Carter G. I stand on the shoulders of Thurgood preme Court Justice, Thurgood Mar- Woodson, is the organization that has Marshall. A good many people in this shall is known far and wide for his carried the torch, the flame of hope for Congress stand directly on the shoul- legal prowess. He stood on the shoul- history to be inclusive, and they have ders of Thurgood Marshall, in that we ders of an even greater giant, an un- done an outstanding job. are here because of some of the litiga- sung hero to some extent. Well, now, There was a time that I can remem- tion that he won before the Supreme we do know much more about Charles ber in my lifetime, in my history book, Court of the United States of America. Hamilton Houston than previously in when there was little mention of the We stand on the shoulders of Thurgood previous years. accomplishments of African Americans Marshall. It is important to note that he is not in history; and in world history, even On whose shoulders does Thurgood the person who has received all of the less. I remember one of my books pro- Marshall stand on? Well, the person glory, all of the platitudes, and all of claimed that the reason there was lit- that probably shaped his legal career the accolades that Thurgood Marshall tle mention of the nations, the coun- more than any other was the honorable received, but he was the architect. I am tries in Africa was because they con- Charles Hamilton Houston. Charles proud to say that Thurgood Marshall tributed very little to history. Lit- Hamilton Houston was a Harvard law- stood on the shoulders of a giant. erally, that was the kind of statement yer. He was a person who was the dean Let’s go on. Let’s talk now about an- that I had to read as a child. of the law school at Howard Univer- other giant of the civil rights-human Well, I am honored that we have sity. rights movement, and that was Rosa come a long way from a point wherein He was the person who concluded Parks. Everyone knows the story— we were rarely included to a point that the Constitution of the United most everyone does—about how Rosa where we are included, but I think not States of America did not condone Parks decided that she was going to enough yet. My hope is that at some ‘‘separate but equal,’’ the person who is take her seat. Rosa Parks was a giant. point in time we won’t have a Black said to have killed Jim Crow, the per- She decided to take a seat in what was, History Month, we won’t have any type son who was a part of all of the law- at that time, a racist Southern town. of history month other than history on suits of the civil rights era from 1930 to The story is told that Rosa Parks a daily basis, because at that point in 1954, including Brown v. Board of Edu- was tired and that she just had to take time we will have included all persons cation, the honorable Charles Hamilton her seat because she was tired—not and all of the great cultures in this Houston. He is the person that cul- true my friends, not true. country in the history of our great Na- tivated and mentored Thurgood Mar- Rosa Parks was an officer in the tion. shall. local NAACP. Rosa Parks was a person

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 Feb 05, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04FE7.063 H04FEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H798 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE February 4, 2015 with great standing and credibility in tation. That was an important, signifi- talk about and hear about as it relates her community. Rosa Parks had stat- cant event in history. to the Edmund Pettus Bridge because ure. Rosa Parks had the backing of the It was Rosa Parks who received a lot there is a person that I conclude is the NAACP. Rosa Parks had people who of the credit. I love her, and I think she greatest unsung hero of the civil rights could get her out of jail. deserves all the credit she received, but movement who had a hidden hand in She had people who could work with I also think there are these unsung he- the march from Selma to Montgomery. her and help to stage, if you will, in the roes and heroines who have not re- b 1745 minds of some, this moment in time ceived their fair share of credit for when she literally decided that she was what they too have done. In fact, they When they went back to make the not going to move back nor stand up so are the shoulders that giants stand on. final march with Dr. King, as they that her seat could be held and had by Claudette Colvin is the giant on whose moved across the Edmund Pettus a person of a different hue. shoulders Rosa Parks stood on. Bridge, they had a hidden hand that It was a bold thing to do. It was a Moving to another giant, we all know had signed a court order. That court very bold thing to do in the South, the of Dr. King, and last week and earlier order was signed by the Honorable segregated South at that time, the seg- this week, we talked a lot about Selma, Frank M. Johnson, a Republican ap- regated South where the Constitution and we talked about the march that pointee to a Federal court, appointed accorded us all of the rights of other took place there. by the Honorable President Dwight Ei- citizens, but our friends and neighbors In talking about that march, we senhower. denied us those rights that the Con- talked about how people assembled at a Frank M. Johnson signed the order stitution accorded us. This was the seg- church, and they decided that they clearing the way for them to march regated South, and this was Rosa were going to march peacefully from from Selma to Montgomery. And it is Parks. She decided to take that seat, Selma to Montgomery. As they pro- interesting to note that he was a con- backed by the NAACP and backed by a ceeded to march, they came to a turn- temporary of George Wallace. In fact, host of persons who were prepared to ing point in history. They came to one they were classmates. He and George work with her and support her. of those seminal moments in history Wallace had a constant confrontation, The truth be told, the honorable Rosa that will forever define the life of a a mild form of confrontation, some- Parks, who is considered by many the country, to be quite candid. times it got a little bit more than mild, ‘‘mother of the civil rights movement,’’ They came to the Edmund Pettus but they continually battled each the honorable Rosa Parks stands and Bridge, and they confronted the con- other. Frank M. Johnson was so much stood at that time on the shoulders of stabulary on the other side of the Ed- of an impact on the times that he had a giant. She stood on the shoulders of mund Pettus Bridge. If you have not to be guarded 24 hours a day. He was a a giant that we rarely hear about and gone to the Edmond Pettus Bridge, you Federal judge unlike any other. In fact, rarely read about. should go and see the Edmund Pettus Dr. King said he put the justice in the It is the story of a giant who was but Bridge. word ‘‘justice,’’ the Honorable Frank 15 years of age at the time she made If you understand the times that M. Johnson. her mark, if you will, in history. It is these persons were living in, you have So the question becomes, on whose the story of a giant who was arrested 9 to realize that these were some brave, shoulders did Dr. King stand on that months before Rosa Parks for doing courageous, and bold souls to be will- day when they marched across the Ed- the same thing that Rosa Park did. She ing to march across the Edmund mund Pettus Bridge? On whose shoul- was a 15-year-old girl, Claudette Pettus Bridge, knowing that the con- ders did the marchers stand on? They Colvin. She was the first person ar- stabulary was on the other side with stood on the shoulders of a hidden hand rested under the circumstances com- clubs and on horses. of the civil rights movement, the Hon- parable to Rosa Parks in Montgomery, You have to ask yourself candidly: orable Frank M. Johnson. Alabama. Would you have confronted what you Frank M. Johnson integrated She went to jail. Little is known knew was waiting for you in the form schools, he integrated the jury system. about her. Little is known because it of possible death on the Edmond Pettus He changed the face of the South, and was thought at the time that she was Bridge? so little is known about this giant on not the ideal person around which to The Honorable JOHN LEWIS indicates the shoulders of whom many of the rally. It was thought at the time that that he thought he was going to die great icons of the civil rights move- a more senior person was needed, a per- that day because, when confronted by ment stood on that day. This is not to son who had greater standing in the the constabulary with these clubs, they demean or diminish—obviously, we community. She was not that person. beat the marchers all the way back to can’t—the role of Dr. King and the Ah, but here is where history—his- the church. Honorable JOHN LEWIS; this is simply tory—tells the story. She was one of If you see the movie ‘‘Selma,’’ you to say there are others whose stories four people to file the lawsuit—the law- can get a fair depiction and representa- are not told enough, whose stories suit—that ultimately ended segrega- tion of what happened on the Edmund should be told more. tion of the bus line in Montgomery, Pettus Bridge. There will be another And on an occasion like this when we Alabama. march this year across the Edmond want to celebrate Black history, I Although Rosa Parks, Dr. King, and Pettus Bridge. For those who are inter- think we have to acknowledge that the multitudes marched and protested, ested, I am Congressman AL GREEN. there were unsung heroes and heroines they marched and they protested for You can call my office, and we will tell on whose shoulders many of the giants approximately a year or more, it was you about it. You might want to join stood on. And we also have to acknowl- not the march or protest that actually us. edge that many of these unsung heroes brought about the ending of this form Let’s talk about the Edmond Pettus and heroines are not of African ances- of invidious discrimination. It was Bridge and this march. Dr. King was try. You see, there really is a White really the lawsuit, Browder v. Gayle. It not there for Bloody Sunday. There side to Black history. Frank M. John- is important to note that there were were reasons that compelled him to do son is a part of this White side of Black four plaintiffs in the lawsuit and that some other things in his life. There history. But we also must know that Claudette Colvin was one of those four were other persons there. The Honor- Frank M. Johnson, the great hero that plaintiffs. able JOHN LEWIS was one of them. he was, is not in the history that we It was that lawsuit that made the In a sense, when Dr. King came speak of, is not celebrated to the ex- difference in the lives of not only those back—or he came to Selma following tent that he should be. people in Montgomery, but people Bloody Sunday to march, he was stand- So tonight, I want to say to the fam- across the length and breadth of this ing on the shoulders of those who had ily and friends, relatives, those who country because that was one of the already gone before him and confronted knew him, we celebrate him tonight. first times that the opinion expressed this constabulary. We celebrate the Honorable Charles in Brown v. Board of Education was ex- Let’s really take a closer look at the Hamilton Houston tonight. We cele- panded to include public transpor- history—at the history that we rarely brate the Honorable Claudette Colvin

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:47 Feb 05, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04FE7.064 H04FEPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE