[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1473-H1474]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        DON'T ERASE OUR HISTORY

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, this is the close of Virgin Islands 
History Month. Throughout the Virgin Islands this past month of March, 
young children have learned about extraordinary Virgin Islanders.
  They have learned about Alexander Hamilton, who comes from the island 
of St. Croix, and learned about this being the only place in the United 
States on which Christopher Columbus actually set foot.
  They learn about the inventions and work of Virgin Islanders in our 
history, but they also learn about the oppression, about the brutality 
under Danish rule.
  They learn about Alexander Hamilton, his fieriness coming from the 
fact that he was deemed an illegitimate child and his parentage was 
constantly questioned.
  Last week, House Republicans passed H.R. 5, the Parents Bill of 
Rights Act. Under that act, much of that history would be forbidden. 
Much of that history would be erased.
  That is the American story--of resilience, of oppression, of the 
constant

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fight for freedom, of the change that we all are coming together as 
Americans.
  Let's not erase all of our history.

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