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On Wednesday, December 9th at 11:00 a.m. in the Capitol Visitors Center - Emancipation Hall, Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and House and Senate leadership will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States.  The President of the United States, Barack Obama will deliver the keynote address.

This event is open to invited guests and credentialed press only.

WHO:   

•           Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01)

•           House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI)

•           Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

•           Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

•           Senate Assistant Democratic Leader Richard Durbin (D-IL)

•           House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

•           House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA)

•           House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD)

•           Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC)

•           Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)

•           Senator Tim Scott (R-SC)

•           Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)

•           Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

•           Representative Sanford D. Bishop (D-GA)

•           Representative Alma Adams (D-NC)

•           Representative Mia Love (R-UT)

•           Representative Will Hurd (R-TX)

WHAT:          Press event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

WHEN:          Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. EST

WHERE:        U.S. Capitol Visitor Center - Emancipation Hall

                        First St NE, Washington, DC 20515

Watch via livestream at www.speaker.gov/live

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