Congressman Clyburn retells how gas mask invented by African American Garrett Morgan
House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina says in floor remarks on Black History Month and African American innovators that Garrett Morgan, form to a Native American mother an a former slave father, invented the gas mask in 1911 used in New York City 1916 to save people from an accident and in World War I whereas history books would point to Scottish inventor John Haldane who devised one in 1914.
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May not be used as partisan political campaign material to promote or oppose the candidacy of any person for elective public office, and may not be used to distort the objects and purposes of the hearing, or cast discredit on or dishonour any member of the United States House of Representatives or US Senate, or bring the House or Senate or any Member into disrepute.
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09 February, 2022
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