i'm honored to share the co-sponsorship of this legislation with martha roby. we share a common history as proud alabamans, a history that should be recorded for prosperity. now, this weekend i get the opportunity as well as martha roby, congresswoman roby, and congressman spencer bachus, to co-host with congressman john lewis the faith and politics institute's annual pilgrimage back to alabama. we will start this coming friday, tomorrow, in birmingham. we will visit the historic site of the 16th street baptist church. we will walk in kelly ingram park with congressman john lewis, and walk in his footsteps . we will visit the civil rights institute in birmingham, alabama, and then we will travel on saturday to montgomery, alabama, and we are see dexter avenue baptist church where martin luther king was a young pastor. we will also enjoy in the evening a dinner, a dinner with -- in the state capital, montgomery, alabama, in the state capital, could you imagine that almost 50 years from 1965 that white members of congress and black members of congress would be ab

i'd like to thank representative terri sewell who represents selma, and representative martha roby, who represents montgomery, for offering this resolution to preserve a powerful and transformative period in american history. and, mr. speaker, i'm extremely honored to work with congressman lewis to ensure that these stories will never be forgotten. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields backs. the representative from georgia. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, may i inquire about how much time? the speaker pro tempore: i believe you have 4 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from california has 11 1/2 minutes. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, i am pleased to recognize the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen, for tree minutes. -- three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank also representatives sewell and roby for sponsoring this resolution and for congressman lewis for his life. this is an historic resolution for the work and the memories need to be preserved. i, like congressman sewell, am here becaus