[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1899]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       WE HAVE A SHARED HUMANITY

  (Mrs. RAMIREZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. RAMIREZ. Mr. Speaker, bigotry and hate threaten our mutual 
safety, and they deny our interconnectedness.
  Yet, from the murder of Wadee Alfayuomi in Illinois to the recent 
attack on celebrants during the Assyrian New Year Parade in Iraq to the 
persecution of Ukrainian Christians by Russian occupation forces, so 
many of our neighbors at home and abroad live with vulnerability and 
insecurity as they endure the dangers of religious and ethnic 
persecution within their own communities.
  It is important that these incidents, though only a fraction of the 
examples we have of the destructive force of hate are confronted and 
placed on the Congressional Record.
  Congress must renew its commitment to root out hate-fueled violence 
that violates our neighbors' safety, their dignity, and their rights 
because of their ethnicity, religion, or beliefs.
  A more just, peaceful, and loving world that recognizes our diversity 
and honors our shared humanity is, in fact, possible.

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