in my district, when i first moved from my hometown of sumter in 1962, accelerations i remember was emancipation day and we celebrate it that because the emancipation proclamation took place in south carolina january 1, 1863. it was two and a half years later before authorities in texas remained to acknowledge the enslaved africans were free. two and a half years later, that tells us a lot about communicating and i said on the floor of the house on the day we passed the bill that it indicative of our interactions today. failure to communicate keeps us