[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16945]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1915
                 HONORING MICHAEL JACKSON, KING OF POP

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I know some people in this 
esteemed Chamber would consider all of the hoopla surrounding the death 
of Michael Jackson to be unnecessary. I know that some people consider 
this to not be important. But that's to them.
  There are a lot of people out here whom Michael Jackson brought 
together. Despite any kinds of allegations, which I consider to be 
false in terms of child molestation and that kind of thing, despite all 
of that, we have to look at the good things that Michael did.
  I know there are some generations that preceded mine that have no 
idea about the music of Michael Jackson because they never listened, 
and they don't know the international aspects of what he did. They 
don't know that he was a fundraiser for worthy causes.
  The only thing they know about him is ``child molester,'' and nothing 
could be further from the truth. The man was never found guilty of 
child molestation. He paid a settlement, but that had nothing to do 
with guilt or innocence. So I just want us to be very Christian.

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