Floor SpeechNeutral2026-07-27
COMMEMORATING JUNE 19, 2026, AS "JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY"
Ashley Moody
RFL · Senator
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On 2026-07-27, Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL) delivered a floor speech titled "COMMEMORATING JUNE 19, 2026, AS "JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY"" in the Senate.
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COMMEMORATING JUNE 19, 2026, AS "JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY" Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 122 (Monday, July 27, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 122 (Monday, July 27, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S4286] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] COMMEMORATING JUNE 19, 2026, AS ``JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY'' Mrs. MOODY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to S. Res. 781. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A resolution (S. Res. 781) commemorating June 19, 2026, as ``Juneteenth National Independence Day'' in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the slaves in the Southwestern States. There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the Senate proceeded to consider the resolution. Mrs. MOODY. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 781) was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to. (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in the Record of June 18, 2026, under ``Submitted Resolutions.'') ____________________ Referenced legislation: SRES781, SRES781