Washington, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Shomari C. Figures issued the following press release:
House Passes Figures' Bipartisan Bill to Rename Post Office Honoring Tuskegee Airmen
WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Shomari C. Figures' bipartisan bill to rename a post office located in Tuskegee after the Tuskegee Airmen passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a voice vote.
Click here to watch Congressman Figures' remarks on the bill.
"The Tuskegee Airmen are among the most consequential and impactful service members in our nation's history," said Figures. "They were heroes who were instrumental to the Allied victory in World War II and helped to pave the way for the desegregation of the United States military. Renaming this post office is a meanin...