[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 101 (Monday, June 1, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E507]
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                              GEORGE FLOYD

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                         HON. BRENDAN F. BOYLE

                           of pennsylvania--

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, June 1, 2020

  Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, America in 2020 
is aflame, fighting a two-front war.
  On one front, we fight a new virus. On the other, we fight an enemy 
as old as the republic itself.
  More than a million Americans have suffered from COVID-19. Millions 
more suffer from a different sickness, racism.
  The evidence is overwhelming that George Floyd is a victim of the 
latter. His essential right to breathe was taken by the hands of 
another. And he is not the first.
  Unique among nations, America was born not out of one race or 
religion. Rather, in its very founding document was a radical 
commitment to the full equality of all people. It is foundational to 
the American Experiment.
  Racism is not just an assault on the individual of a different race. 
It is a grievous blow against the very idea of America.
  We will soon discover a vaccine for virus COVID-19. But we must also, 
at long last, once and for all, eradicate all forms of racial prejudice 
and discrimination.
  Only then can America fully breathe.

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