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51. I don't listen to right wingers, and I don't respect people that post RW talking points.

If you can find something that isn't being parroted by racist RW hate radio, I may take you seriously. Until then I will suspect you as a right winger that is ignorant.

I do not understand how you could be against any of the funding in this bill. See Exhibit B from your racist article from "The Hill."


Exhibit B

Dear Reader,

This reconnaissance survey evaluates an archeological site in Springfield, Illinois associated with the city's 1908 Race Riot. The survey was undertaken in response to a request from Illinois 13th District Representative Rodney Davis in October 2018.

The site at Madison Street and the 10th Street Rail Corridor contains the foundations of five houses burned in the 1908 Springfield Race Riot, an event which led directly to the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The site contains artifacts from the houses that were burned and the people who lived there before the riot. Although there were dozens of race riots in America in the late 19th and early 20th century, few resources of this nature remain.

SPRINGFIELD RACE RIOT STUDY ACT

Ms. HAALAND. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (H.R. 139) to establish the Springfield Race Riot National
Historic Monument in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes, as
amended.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:

H.R. 139

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Springfield Race Riot Study
Act''.

SEC. 2. RESOURCE STUDY OF SPRINGFIELD RACE RIOT.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
(2) Study area.--The term ``study area'' means the
archeological site near Madison Street and the 10th Street
Rail Corridor, and other sites in Springfield, Illinois
associated with the 1908 Springfield Race Riot.
(b) Special Resource Study.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary shall conduct a special resource
study of the study area.
(2) Contents.--In conducting the study under paragraph (1),
the Secretary shall--
(A) evaluate the national significance of the study area;
(B) determine the suitability and feasibility of
designating the study area as a unit of the National Park
System;
(C) consider other alternatives for preservation,
protection, and interpretation of the study area by the
Federal Government, State or local government entities, or
private and nonprofit organizations;
(D) consult with interested Federal agencies, State or
local governmental entities, private and nonprofit
organizations, or any other interested individuals; and
(E) identify cost estimates for any Federal acquisition,
development, interpretation, operation, and maintenance
associated with the alternatives.
(3) Applicable law.--The study required under paragraph (1)
shall be conducted in accordance with section 100507 of title
54, United States Code.
(4) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date on which
funds are first made available for the study under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that
describes--
(A) the results of the study; and
(B) any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from
New Mexico (Ms. Haaland) and the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. Cheney)
each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New Mexico.


General Leave

Ms. HAALAND. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members
may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks
and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentlewoman from New Mexico?
There was no objection.
Ms. HAALAND. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 139, the Springfield Race
Riot Study Act, introduced by Representative Rodney Davis of Illinois.
In August 1908, Springfield, Illinois, was the site of a multiday
riot, with violence directed at the African-American community.
The mob shot innocent people, burned almost 50 homes, looted and
destroyed two dozen stores, and mutilated and lynched two elderly Black
men who were merely innocent bystanders.

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All of this violence came about because two other African-American
men were wrongly accused; one accused of attacking a White woman who,
not long after the riots, admitted that her attacker was a White man;
and one accused on slight evidence of attacking a White girl and of
murdering her father.
In part, as a response to the riot, the NAACP was formed in 1909 to
work to end segregation, discrimination, and ensure African Americans
are provided their constitutional rights.
This was the one bright light that emerged out of that dark moment in
our history, and it is an origin story that certainly resonates today
as the Nation continues to grapple with race relations and social
justice.
This bill will authorize the National Park Service to conduct a full,
special resource study to determine the most appropriate method to
preserve, interpret, and protect the resources associated with the riot
and the founding of the NAACP.
I want to thank Representative Davis for his efforts on this bill,
and I urge all of my colleagues to support its adoption.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 139, the Springfield Race Riot Study Act, which was
sponsored by our colleague, Congressman Rodney Davis, authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the
site of the Springfield race riots of 1908.
As my colleague has just described, on the evening of August 14,
1908, racial tensions ignited in the Illinois capital of Springfield.
The riot was incited by a White mob who wanted to lynch two Black
inmates housed at the county jail. One had been charged with murdering
a White man, the other with raping a White woman, an allegation that
was later recanted.
After the two inmates were spirited away for their safety, the mob
destroyed Black neighborhoods and lynched two innocent Black men. Soon
after this horrific weekend of violence and racial strife, a prominent
group of social reformers came together in February 1909 and
established the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People.

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Recently, archeologists uncovered the physical remains of five houses
and their associated artifacts that burned in the 1908 riot. Last year,
the National Park Service completed a reconnaissance survey of the site
and concluded it was likely the site that would meet criteria for
inclusion in the National Park System if fully analyzed through a
congressionally authorized special resources study.
In August, Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt visited the site
of the 1908 riot to declare it part of the recently established African
American Civil Rights Network. One goal of this network is to ensure
that we accurately tell the complete and often painful story of the
struggle for civil rights in our country.
I commend Representative Davis on his work to highlight this tragic
event in our Nation's history. I urge adoption of the measure, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. HAALAND. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the
legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Takano). The question is on the motion
offered by the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Haaland) that the House
suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 139, as amended.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the
rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
The title of the bill was amended so as to read: ``A bill to direct
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of
the site associated with the 1908 Springfield Race Riot in the State of
Illinois.''.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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