H.R.8856: To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.

Bill Cosponsors

42 (All Democrats)

• Alma Adams (D-N.C.)
• Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)
• Ami Bera (D-Calif.)
• Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)
• Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.)
• G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)
• Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)
• Yvette D. Clarke (D-N.Y.)
• Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.)
• Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.)
• Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)
• Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.)
• Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio)
• Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii)
• John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
• Al Green (D-Texas)
• Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
• Debra Haaland (D-N.M.)
• Alcee L. Hastings (D-Fla.)
• Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
• Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)
• Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)
• Jim Langevin (D-R.I.)
• Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.)
• Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
• Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.)
• Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)
• Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.)
• Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
• Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
• Scott Peters (D-Calif.)
• Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)
• John Sarbanes (D-Md.)
• Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
• Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
• Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
• Dina Titus (D-Nev.)
• Juan Vargas (D-Calif.)
• John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)
• Donald Beyer (D-Va.)
• Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.)