[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 31, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H328]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ELIZABETH JEAN CARROLL: AMERICAN PATRIOT

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the courage, 
fortitude, and the sheer patriotism of E. Jean Carroll.
  Mr. Speaker, you may have heard something about her involvement in a 
recent court case which followed another court case in which Ms. 
Carroll received a very favorable judgment by a jury of her fellow 
citizens who heard and weighed all the evidence, free of political ads.
  Here we shall not name the defendant because we are talking about an 
American hero, an immovable force, and an inspiration for all 
Americans.
  We should be heartened that Ms. Carroll, at terrible personal cost, 
did not shrink from taking on the most powerful person in the world--it 
is not Taylor Swift but the other guy--to bring him to justice and hold 
him accountable for his terrible deeds. Ms. Carroll did not waiver even 
as the minions of her abuser attacked her in the most vile and 
despicable ways.
  E. Jean Carroll exudes a steady grace and determination. The juries 
saw her, and they saw her truth. As she summed it up, her case is a 
huge defeat for every bully who has tried to keep a woman down.

  I hope all Americans will find a glimmer of hope that we may be the 
country we must be to survive and that no one, no matter how powerful, 
is above the law.

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