[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3241-H3242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING NIPSEY HUSSLE

  (Ms. BASS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

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  Ms. BASS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the floor of the House of 
Representatives to formally recognize and honor the legacy of Ermias 
Asghedom, known to his community and the neighborhoods of south Los 
Angeles and beyond as Nipsey Hussle.
  As noted in the record I will be submitting shortly, Nipsey Hussle 
used the platform he created with his music to lift our community as he 
climbed.
  In his business ventures, his investments, his philanthropy, his 
community engagement, every step of the way, he had a sole purpose of 
bettering the community he came from.
  A humble visionary, he saw the overlooked and welcomed the dismissed. 
He reminded our community that the power we hold is the power of where 
we come from and that awareness of that power can never be taken from 
us.
  He will be remembered by south Los Angeles as a protector, an 
inspirator, a father, a brother, and an unabashed son of south Los 
Angeles.
  For all he was given, he gave back. And for that legacy, south Los 
Angeles has been changed forever.
  Mr. Speaker, I will now be submitting this record honoring his 
legacy.

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