[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             IT HAS TO STOP

  (Mr. BOWMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOWMAN. Mr. Speaker, last Sunday, May 14, marked the 1-year 
anniversary of the horrific mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
  America can only move forward if we acknowledge what is killing us in 
droves--white supremacist extremism.
  Congress needs to lead and say clearly to the country that white 
supremacy is an existential threat.
  Last year, a man, radicalized by the great replacement theory, drove 
2 hours to a Black neighborhood in Buffalo with an assault rifle and 
opened fire. Ten lives were lost, and we are still collectively 
mourning.
  We are also mourning the lives of those lost in other racist attacks, 
including in Allen, Texas, at the hands of a neo-Nazi extremist.
  These once-fringe ideologies are now being openly promoted by too 
many in the Republican Party, which is seeking to criminalize migrants, 
ban Black history curricula, take away food from children and 
healthcare for all, and fan the flames of a culture war.
  It has to stop.

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