[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 22, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  GOD BLESSED AMERICA WITH JOHN LEWIS

  (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, God blessed America and this 
Chamber when we were sent John Lewis. We will miss his character, his 
conviction, and his kindness; and this place feels a lot emptier 
without him.


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  July 22, 2020, on page H3669, the following appeared: (Mr. 
SWALWELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. SWALWELL. Mr. 
Speaker, God blessed America and this Chamber when we were sent 
John Lewis. We will miss his character, his conviction, and his 
kindness; and this place feels a lot emptier without him.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: (Mr. SWALWELL of 
California asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. SWALWELL of 
California. Mr. Speaker, God blessed America and this Chamber when 
we were sent John Lewis. We will miss his character, his 
conviction, and his kindness; and this place feels a lot emptier 
without him.


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  There is so much that will be said about our colleague, but I will 
never forget, just right before us in this well, after the country had 
gone through mass shooting after mass shooting after mass shooting, and 
we were so troubled about what to do next, our colleague told us, if we 
were willing to cause a little bit of good, necessary trouble, we could 
make a difference.
  We will miss John. He brought his experience from movements to a 
moment where his country needed him. His work continues and, because of 
that, the next generation will march on.
  God bless our colleague.

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