Ranking Member Dan Lungren's Statement on Rep. Lewis' Slave Labor Task Force Bill

On June 10, 2009, the Committee on House Administration addressed H.Con.Res. 135, introduced by Rep. John Lewis (GA-05), in a markup proceeding. Ranking Republican Member Dan Lungren (CA-03) offered an opening statement in support of the resolution, which would direct the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center to commemorate the slave laborers who contributed to the construction of the U.S. Capitol Building.

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