A US congressman marked the beginning of Women’s History Month yesterday (March 1) by paying tribute to Beyoncé in a speech.
“Mr. Speaker, I rise right now to commemorate the top of Black History Month and the start of Women’s History Month by honoring a person who represents each so nicely,” Robert Garcia, consultant for California’s forty second congressional district mentioned on the ground of the House of Representatives.
“She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and he or she is now and endlessly the second. I wanna have fun none apart from who I consider is the undisputed queen of pop and R&B: Beyoncé Knowles Carter.”
He went on: “Now a number of weeks in the past, this brown-skinned woman out of H-town gained her thirty second Grammy, giving her probably the most Grammy wins of all time. But Beyoncé is a lot greater than a performer and a singer. She’s a creator and an artist.”
“When the radio mentioned to ‘velocity it up’, she went slower,” he mentioned, referencing the lyrics from her 2013 music ‘Yoncé’.
Garcia then recalled when he noticed Destiny’s Child for the primary time, describing it as “life-changing for me and the best way I skilled music”.
“Beyoncé’s additionally a job mannequin for hundreds of thousands throughout the nation,” he continued. “She’s stood up for voting rights, for feminism, for ladies and women, for my neighborhood – the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. For my technology and so many others, she merely is the best of all time. Her story is historical past.”
You can watch the speech beneath.
U.S. House tribute to Beyoncé … through @RepRobertGarcia pic.twitter.com/GgpgHXDYyF
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) March 1, 2023
Last month, Beyoncé broke the file for many Grammy wins of all time, bringing her whole to 32 throughout her profession.
The star surpassed the file of 31 Grammys held by classical musician Georg Solti as she collected the award for Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for ‘Renaissance’.
The award was Beyoncé’s fourth of the night time, following Best Dance/Electronic Recording for ‘Break My Soul’, Best Traditional R&B Performance for ‘Plastic Off The Sofa’ and Best R&B Song for ‘Cuff It’.
This 12 months, Beyoncé will embark on a UK, Europe and North America 2023 ‘Renaissance’ tour.
She will kick off the European and UK leg of the stadium tour in Stockholm on May 10, with additional dates in Brussels, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sunderland and Paris earlier than 5 dates at London’s Tottenham Hotspur stadium on May 29 and 30, June 1, 3 and 4.
