[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE WAY WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER MATTERS

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the words of the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Yoho). They were appropriate because the language we use 
matters. The way we treat one another matters.
  Mr. Yoho needed no apology for his passion about poverty and for the 
downtrodden, but he ought to remember and acknowledge that the person 
to whom he spoke so inappropriately was one of the strongest fighters 
in this Congress for those with the least, those who are downtrodden, 
those who are forgotten.
  Mr. Speaker, the apology was appropriate. I hope that Mr. Yoho feels 
that apology sincerely, and I hope all of us will take a lesson to 
think before we speak so harshly to one another.
  This country is a divided country. There are some of us who believe 
that our Chief Executive uses harsh language and inappropriate language 
directed at some of our citizens. We ought not to replicate that 
conduct.
  The apology was appropriate. I know that our colleague, Alexandria 
Ocasio-Cortez, appreciates that apology, but let us treat one another 
with the respect and dignity each of us deserves not only as a Member 
of this body, but as a human being.

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