[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 150 (Monday, September 15, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4302]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CHARLIE KIRK'S RELIGIOUS MESSAGE

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, a lot has been said the last few days 
about the horrible assassination of Charlie Kirk.
  I was able to attend two ceremonies over the weekend in which people 
gathered to memorialize him.
  I hear a lot of people talking about Charlie Kirk exercising his 
right to political free speech, and we have to respect people's ability 
to engage in political speech.
  I think if you look at some of his videos, and certainly if you 
attended these ceremonies, Charlie Kirk was a much more religious 
person than a political person. I think that is lost on a lot of 
people, lost on a lot of political commentators.
  I think particularly in this era of declining church attendance, a 
time when so many young people are raised in families that don't even 
go to church, I think his speaking about Christianity and his faith and 
the importance to carry on his mission is more important than his 
political statements.

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