A Georgia state House committee has approved a resolution that would start the process of replacing a statue of the vice president of the Confederacy at the U.S. Capitol with one of John Lewis.
House Resolution 14 would create a committee to work out the details of replacing the statue of Alexander Stephens in National Statuary Hall with one of Lewis, a longtime congressman and civil rights leader who died in July.
The resolution, which has the backing of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, was approved by the State Properties Committee on Wednesday. It could soon move to the full House for a vote.
Georgia House committee approves bill to add John Lewis statue to U.S. Capitol
The first steps to honor the late Rep. John Lewis in the U.S. Capitol are being made.
ATLANTA - The effort to place a statue of the late Congressman John Lewis inside the U.S. Capitol took a step forward Wednesday afternoon.
The House State Properties Committee approved the measure by State Representative Al Williams, D-Midway, with only one dissenting vote. He speaks for what Georgia has become and is very diverse, very welcoming state, said Rep. Williams of Lewis.
The resolution would establish a National Statuary Hall Collection Replacement Committee. The group would be made up of eight members, including four appointed by the governor, two appointed by the lieutenant governor, and two by the speaker of the House.