[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 23, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    HONORING THE LIFE OF LUKE LETLOW

  (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, coming from Illinois, it 
is often a question I get here in this Chamber, why do you have a pin 
of the State of Louisiana on your lapel?
  I have the pin on my lapel because there is a void, a void in this 
institution because one of our colleagues wasn't able to get sworn in. 
Luke Letlow would have made a tremendous Member of this institution. 
And I want to thank my colleague,   Mike Johnson, and the entire 
Louisiana delegation, and what would have been his freshman class, for 
honoring him tonight in a Special Order.
  Like Luke, I was a district staffer for years, trying to make this 
House be a better place for every single American. I was looking 
forward to serving with him. Unfortunately, tragedy took his life, and 
we are without his service.
  My heart goes out to his wife, Julia, and their two kids, and the 
entire State of Louisiana, and this institution, for not having the 
opportunity to see the true leadership of Congressman Luke Letlow.

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