[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H9857]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              WELCOMING REVEREND DR. WILLIAM J. BARBER II

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentleman from North Carolina 
(Mr. Butterfield) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Madam Speaker, the House is honored today to welcome 
a great theologian and humanitarian, my friend and constituent, the 
distinguished William J. Barber, II.
  I have known Bishop Barber since he was a college student. A native 
of Roper, North Carolina, Bishop Barber has dedicated his life to 
preaching God's word of salvation and embracing the least of these in 
civil society.
  Bishop Barber's trajectory to national prominence began when he 
organized a multiracial, multigenerational social justice movement in 
Raleigh, North Carolina, to expose the racial and economic inequities 
facing our Nation.
  The Moral Monday protests catapulted Bishop Barber to a place where 
he is now a nationally recognized voice for the poor. As the founder of 
Repairers of the Breach, Bishop Barber leads a movement that challenges 
systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, and what he 
calls the distorted narrative of religious nationalism. Bishop Barber 
seeks to build an agenda rooted in love, justice, and morality.

  Bishop Barber is the senior pastor of the Greenleaf Christian Church 
in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He and his wife, Rebecca, have five very 
accomplished children who have distinguished themselves in their 
respective fields.
  We are honored today, Madam Speaker, to have Bishop Barber with us 
today to pray over this sacred institution that we call the House of 
Representatives.

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