Congress Apologizes for Slavery

So, on July 29, Congress issued a statement apologizing for slavery and Jim Crow laws that the nation had previously used. Slavery, and Jim Crow laws were horrible things that our nation did in the past. However,

Is this really what congress needs to be doing now? Look at the state that our nation is in. We're in the worst recession our nation has ever had since the Great Depression in 1929. Sure, slavery was horrible, but we need to be fixing our current problems first. It's no wonder that Congress has such low approval ratings. It's because they aren't doing anything useful.