House Proceeding 06-19-09 on Jun 19th, 2009 :: 0:39:25 to 0:41:40
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Carolyn McCarthy: the legislative branch appropri conference process. and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: all time for debate on the bill has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? mrs. mccarthy: i have an amendment at the desk. the cler printed in house report 111-161

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Speech By: Carolyn McCarthy

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Carolyn McCarthy: offered by mrs. mccarthy of new york. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 559, the gentlewoman from new york and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from new york. mrs. mccarthy: i want to thank chairwoman wasserman schultz and ranking member aderholt for letting this amendment come

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Carolyn McCarthy: through today. i appreciate all the work that has been done and i'm not going to speak long on this. i want to thank my lead co-sponsor of the civil rights oral history project, congressman john lewis, a civil rights hero, for all of his help in generating support for this program.

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Carolyn McCarthy: all i'm going to say is that, i thank everyone working together to make sure that this amendment comes through. what has happened was it has passed in the house before and money had been appropriated for it, but unfortunately by a technical change, there was a delay until the year 2011.

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Carolyn McCarthy: when we have so many people around this country that are advancing in age, but they have the history of the civil rights ovement, obviously in the last few years, we have seen some of the great civil rights leaders unfortunately die, but it's also

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Carolyn McCarthy: those the housewives, the ordinary citizens who also made a difference. with that, i thank everybody for that. and with that, i yield to chairwoman wasserman schultz. ms. wasserman schultz: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and for your very appropriate amendment. it is really wonderful to see the progress that has been made on the civil rights oral history

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Carolyn McCarthy: project. we did have language in our bill preserving the possibility of providing the funding. i'm glad that we have been able to fast forward that opportunity and look forward to continuing