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Removal of Confederate Statues Inserted Into Funding Bill

Removal of Confederate Statues Inserted Into Funding Bill
A statue of Jefferson Davis, second from left, president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, is on display in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington in a June 24, 2015, file photograph. Susan Walsh/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
7/7/2020|Updated: 7/7/2020

A House panel on Monday released a funding bill that includes a directive to remove all Confederate statues and busts from public areas in the U.S. Capitol.

The House Appropriations Committee included language directing the architect of the building “to remove statues or busts in the U.S. Capitol that represent figures who participated in the Confederate Army or government, as well as the statues of individuals with unambiguous records of racial intolerance,” a summary released by the panel said.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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