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PRINTER'S NO. 2269
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
433
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, CRUZ, McCLINTON, STURLA, DONATUCCI,
KINSEY, SAMUELSON, CALTAGIRONE, HILL-EVANS, RABB, KIRKLAND,
WEBSTER, D. MILLER, SCHLOSSBERG, MADDEN, KENYATTA AND
JOHNSON-HARRELL, JUNE 27, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, JUNE 27, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Urging President Donald Trump, the Congress of the United States
and United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to honor
the pledge made to place Harriet Tubman's image on the $20
bill by 2020.
WHEREAS, In 2015, the United States Treasury Department
announced a plan to place a woman on a currency note during the
implementation of security and anti-counterfeiting measures
along with the redesign process of the $20, $10 and $5 bills;
and
WHEREAS, More than 1 million citizens expressed their opinion
and made hundreds of suggestions to then Treasury Secretary
Jacob J. Lew; and
WHEREAS, On April 20, 2016, Secretary Lew announced that the
women's suffrage movement would be honored on the back of the
redesigned $10 bill through depictions of Lucretia Mott,
Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Alice Paul for their contributions in shaping the history of
this country; and
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WHEREAS, Secretary Lew added that advancement in the Civil
Rights Movement would focus on events at the Lincoln Memorial on
the back of the new $5 bill and Harriet Tubman would appear on
the front of the new $20 bill; and
WHEREAS, According to the Harriet Tubman Historical Society,
Tubman was born Araminta Ross around 1822 in Dorchester County,
Maryland; and
WHEREAS, Born into slavery, Tubman was forced to endure
horrible living conditions and severe beatings while being
forced to work under brutal and unconscionable labor conditions
domestically for the slave owners' families and in the fields of
the plantations; and
WHEREAS, After successfully escaping to the north through the
assistance of the Underground Railroad in 1849, Tubman returned
to the south and helped to free hundreds of slaves through the
Underground Railroad; and
WHEREAS, Tubman's persistence and bravery continued as she
worked for the Union Army during the Civil War as a cook, nurse,
scout, spy and as a leader in the women's suffrage movement; and
WHEREAS, Tubman remained steadfast in her efforts toward
freedom and equality until her death in 1913 in Auburn, New
York; and
WHEREAS, Considering the exemplary life led by this American
heroine, the nation overwhelmingly chose Tubman over any other
individual female to receive the honor of being placed on the
$20 bill; and
WHEREAS, In honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of
the 19th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States,
which gave women the right to vote, Secretary Mnuchin should
maintain the original plan and redesign schedule and release the
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new currencies along with the added security measures in 2020;
and
WHEREAS, Continued inaction by President Donald Trump and
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is unacceptable and
dishonorable; and
WHEREAS, The decade-long delay imposed by Secretary Mnuchin
in the implementation of these changes shows blatant disrespect
for the former administration and the will of the American
people; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge President Donald Trump, the
Congress of the United States and United States Treasury
Secretary Steven Mnuchin to honor the pledge made to place
Harriet Tubman's image on the $20 bill by 2020; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the
President of the United States, presiding officers of each house
of Congress, each member of Congress from Pennsylvania and
United States Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
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