[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 171 (Thursday, October 1, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5122]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          THE GIFT OF ADOPTION

  (Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, I would like to reach 
out today to the thousands of Americans who have opened their homes to 
the gift of adoption. Giving a child a home and a better life is one of 
the greatest gifts we can give.
  I especially want to applaud Judge Amy Coney Barrett's effort to help 
bring two children from Haiti out of the depths of despair to a better 
life here in America.
  I was doing medical relief work in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, 
which made 80,000 children orphans instantly. Children who would 
literally be 10 feet apart from their parents would be separated in the 
chaos, never to see them again.
  The Barrett family did a beautiful thing by adopting an orphaned 
child in the aftermath of this horrible disaster. Her family gave a 
toddler a new life after one of the worst earthquakes in recorded 
history.
  Unfortunately, some misguided souls in this country have turned that 
beautiful act of kindness into one of creating racial division rather 
than unity. They purport evil motives in a selfless act of sacrifice 
just to create further division in our Nation.
  Judge Coney Barrett is now a Supreme Court nominee. Let her example 
of knocking down racial barriers and creating unity rather than 
division be an example for all of us to follow.
  I look forward to her successful placement on the Nation's highest 
court.

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