[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 130 (Thursday, July 23, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H3830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS

  (Ms. McCOLLUM asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I was on my way out and I saw the 
beautiful white flowers that are sitting on my side of the aisle 
celebrating the life of John Lewis.
  Last night, I had the radio on and I was listening to C-SPAN, and I 
heard the wonderful, wonderful stories on both sides of the aisle of 
people celebrating John's life and what he meant to them.
  As I was preparing for this bill and working on this bill, working on 
the inequalities of years of systemic racism and how it has infected 
the environment made me even want to champion this bill that was before 
us today even more, as a remembrance of all the work that needs to be 
done.
  As people were sharing their stories of John, what came to mind for 
me was talking about gardening. He loved to garden and he had a few 
plants, and we would talk about them.
  He loved to fish, and the one thing I would always tease him about, 
Mr. Speaker, is going to Minnesota and going ice fishing.
  Well, John, that is going to have to wait, but I look forward to 
seeing you again in the heavens, and we will go ice fishing.

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