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Minnesota House approves resolution to replace Henry M. Rice statue with one honoring Hubert Humphrey
Summary
The Minnesota House passed a memorial resolution asking the Joint Committee of the Library of Congress to allow replacing the state's Henry Mower Rice statue in the U.S. Capitol with a statue of former Vice President Hubert Humphrey; the measure passed on third reading, 85-44.
The Minnesota House on third reading passed House File 475, a memorial resolution requesting the Joint Committee of the Library of Congress (via the Architect of the Capitol) to approve replacing the state's Henry Mower Rice statue in the U.S. Capitol with one honoring former Vice President Hubert Humphrey. The roll call showed 85 ayes and 44 nays; the clerk reported the bill's title was agreed to and the bill passed.
Representative Kelly Long, the bill's author, told colleagues that each state may send two statues to the U.S. Capitol and that Minnesota's current pair consists of Maria Sanford (installed 1958) and Henry Mower Rice (installed 1916). Long argued Minnesota's national…
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