“We support celebrating emancipation with a federal holiday, but believe we should eliminate a current holiday in exchange. We chose Columbus Day as a holiday that is lightly celebrated, and least disruptive to Americans’ schedules.”According to Johnson’s office, the economic cost of a single federal holiday has been estimated to be about $600 million for paid time off for federal employees. “Juneteenth is a day in our history that redefined the meaning of freedom and equality in America,” Lankford said. “We should celebrate these strides on the federal level while remaining cognizant of the impact the existing 10 federal holidays have on federal services and local businesses.”He added: “We can reduce these impacts by replacing Columbus Day as a federal holiday with Juneteenth, America’s second independence day. There is also a movement that calls for the replacement of Columbus Day with “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”Fox News' Greg Norman, Michael Ruiz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News July 01, 2020 18:56 UTC