后来,是众议院外交委员会主席霍华德·伯尔曼发起了废除这一称号的法案,他承诺要为非洲民族议会“抹去”这一“侮辱”。
The bill scrapping the designation was introduced by Howard Berman , chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs , who promised to " wipe away " the " indignity . "