[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H924]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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              COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF MISTY APRIL HOLLEY

  (Mr. CRENSHAW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CRENSHAW. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the life of 
Misty April Holley, who we lost on November 20, 2021, in Houston, 
Texas.
  I will do my best to give the world a glimpse of who Misty was. And I 
would like to do that using the words of her father, Ron Holley.
  Here is how Ron describes his beloved daughter:
  Misty spread love and charity to everyone she knew. Misty was a 
person full of grace who fully owned her shortcomings and gave out 
forgiveness freely to all. She knew in her heart that we are all of one 
race, the human race. Humanity would do well to learn lessons of love 
and charity from her.
  Misty was fueled by dreams and aspirations of what could and should 
be. She could make you laugh, make you sad, and sometimes frustrated. 
She evoked feelings you didn't know you had. In short, she would keep 
you real. She was above all pretenses.
  We will miss her contagious laugh. Without Misty, the world feels 
lacking. But somehow, we will laugh again. Misty would have it no other 
way. We will see you on the other side.
  Madam Speaker, and my colleagues, please join me in praying for the 
Holley family, Misty's friends, and everyone she touched. May the 
strength of the Lord be with them as they endure the tremendous loss of 
a wonderful life taken much too soon.

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