[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 110 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2984]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         OUR DESTINIES ARE TIED

  (Ms. PRESSLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the traumatic 
loss of life around the world and to reaffirm a simple truth: Our 
destinies are tied.
  Too often, in moments of crisis, we are bombarded with abstract 
numbers and detached headlines describing casualties and missiles, but 
behind every number is a name. Behind every headline is a story: a 
story of a little girl whispering prayers beneath her blanket hoping 
the night sky stays quiet or a story of a father digging through 
rubble, his hands bloodied, desperately searching for his wife and 
child.
  Nations are not just governments and regimes. They are people. They 
are mothers, sons, teachers, taxi drivers, people whose stories echo 
our own because they are us. No matter where someone is born or what 
language they speak, our grief over losing a loved one is the same.
  We are bound together by that shared humanity, so we must be 
relentless in our commitment to peace: peace rooted in diplomacy, peace 
that is sustained with dialogue, and peace that insists, without 
exception, that every single life matters.
  From Boston to the Middle East, our destinies are tied, and everyone 
deserves to live free from fear and know peace.

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