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Senator Cory Booker – Rep. Shirley Jackson Lee Washington – Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Representative Shirley Jackson Lee (TX-18) today re-introduced the
Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
“Juneteenth,” observed on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is also known as “Emancipation Day,” “Jubilee Day,” and “Juneteenth Independence Day.”
On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3, which announced that, in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation, “all slaves are free.”
Juneteenth is currently recognized by 47 states and the District of Columbia as an official state holiday or observance. In 1980, Texas was the first state to recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday.
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mr. pistole, good morning. i think the chairman for this opportunity and a welcome administrator pistole and acknowledged this month marks the two-year anniversary at tsa. may i also congratulate you on a great event you had with your family and wished them well. i thank you for your leadership and look forward to work with you. i would also like to thank you for holding what i think is an informative hearing. let me acknowledge as we all do in this business that i have before the judiciary committee the attorney general. i will be looking to be in this hearing as long as i can, if mr. pistole would accept the fact i cannot be in two places a once but have to be in two places for the responsibilities that i have. it is important to identify opportunities tsa can do better. i consider this one of the hard working committees. there is a collegiality between myself and the chair person. we look forward to working together on a number of issues. i take issue with the title of tod