[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 154 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4480]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   BRINGING COMPASSION TO OUR NATION

  (Ms. BALINT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BALINT. Mr. Speaker, our Nation is in crisis. We are in a very 
dark place. Americans are scared, and they want to see a way forward. 
We all need to start with ourselves.
  This morning, I sat, and I lit a candle. I thought about the anguish 
and suffering of Representative Melissa Hortman's two children as they 
try to cope with the assassination of their mom and dad.
  Then I sat, and I thought of the pain and the torment of Charlie 
Kirk's family as they try to cope with the killing of their dad.
  Today, Mr. Speaker, I am inviting Americans across the Nation to do 
the same. I invite them to sit for a few minutes in the pain of these 
two families. If they can feel compassion for one family and not the 
other, that should tell them about the work they need to do and the 
work that we all need to do.

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