Tweet - "Today, Congress observes the 400th anniversary of a reprehensible moment in the history of our land: The first recorded arrival of enslaved Africans in England's American colonies. The beginning of our nation's original sin of slavery."

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"Today, Congress observes the 400th anniversary of a reprehensible moment in the history of our land: The first recorded arrival of enslaved Africans in England's American colonies. The beginning of our nation's original sin of slavery."

"With the nation, Congress looks back to 1619 and remembers the size and scope of slavery's stain on our history. We mark this somber anniversary with grief for all the slaves whose God-given freedoms were so brutally denied."

"Every American should take pride in the undeniable progress we have made in overcoming the terrible chapter that was opened 400 years ago. American ideals of equality and justice -- not the sins of our forefathers -- are the true, deepest bedrock of this great nation."

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