lincoln that party of is also continuing the legacy of he first black american to serve in congress, joseph rainey of south carolina. into slavery and even after gaining his freedom, he received little education as child. he was drafted by the confederacy, but he escaped and and started a business. after the war, he moved back to georgetown, south carolina, with his family in 1867 -- and in chairman of the county's republican party. just a few years late he -- in 1870 was elected

rights, education, and economic all.tunity for now, next month we are going to 150 years for joseph rainey's election. party and anhave a anniversary celebration and i ope you will all attend the ceremony. now, back in may, nbc news said that president trump would need miracle to deliver a vaccine by the end of the year. did democrats echo this same pessimistic view, they even whether the americans should trust the safe and effective vaccine. pfizer announced a late fective rate in the stage trial. and showed it was effective in well.adults as earlier this week, moderna, also nnounced their vaccine had a 94.5% effective rate. this is the most important news in probably a generation. and it's because of american innovation and this dministration's plan to effectively distribute the vaccine to the american people. says 20 million americans could receive the vaccine next month. that a vaccine is how we ultimately defeat this virus. thee need to help reinforce work of operation warp speed. that is why house republicans our in -- included $47 billion in h.r. 14, the virus ent to defeat the and ke