[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 101 (Thursday, June 12, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2810-H2811]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING REVEREND WILLIE RAINWATER

  (Ms. JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
extraordinary life and legacy of Reverend Willie Rainwater of 
Carrollton, Texas.
  Reverend Rainwater was more than a pastor. He was a pillar of 
justice, a steward of history, and a relentless voice for civil rights.
  From preserving the Carrollton Black Cemetery to organizing the 
city's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade for more than 25 
years, he brought our community together in the spirit of equity and 
remembrance.
  His work wasn't just in the pulpit. It was in the streets, in our 
schools, in our city hall meetings, and in the daily struggle to make 
north Texas more just and united.
  Reverend Rainwater now joins his beloved wife, Juanita, with whom he 
shared a life of faith, service, and community leadership. Together, 
they made north Texas better.

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  Today, we remember a man whose faith was inseparable from action, 
whose love for his neighbors left an imprint on our institutions, and 
whose memory is a blessing to us all. May we continue to carry his 
torch forward.

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