[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 69 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN CHURCHES

  (Mr. LEWIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to express a sense of righteous 
indignation about the violence peaceful people of faith must now 
concern themselves with in places of worship all over America.
  We have come to the point in this Nation where we can no longer 
attend church or go to the synagogue or the mosque without fearing the 
worst. How many lives must we lose before we decide there is not any 
room in America for hate?
  Martin Luther King, Jr., once said: ``Hate is too heavy a burden to 
bear.'' We must bring an end to wanton gun violence before it robs this 
Nation of its very soul.
  The people in my district pray without ceasing for the victims of the 
Poway shooting.
  As leaders of this Nation, let's commit ourselves today to bring this 
violence to an end here and now.

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