[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4361-4362]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           THE DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN IS AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Rush) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, the death of Trayvon Martin is, indeed, an 
American tragedy. Too often this violent act that resulted in the 
murder of Trayvon Martin is repeated in the streets of our Nation.
  I applaud the young people all across the land who are making a 
statement about hoodies, about the real hoodlums in this Nation, 
particularly those who tread on our laws wearing official or quasi-
official clothes.
  Racial profiling has to stop, Mr. Speaker. Just because someone wears 
a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum.
  The Bible teaches us, Mr. Speaker, in the book of Micah 6:68----
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend.
  Mr. RUSH. These words:
  He has shown you, O man----
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend. The Chair must 
remind Members of clause 5 of rule XVII. The gentleman is out of order.
  Mr. RUSH. What is good. What does the Lord require of you? To do 
justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
  In the New Testament, Luke 4:18 20 teaches us these words:
  The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because He has anointed me to 
proclaim the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom 
for the prisoners----
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not in order.
  Mr. RUSH. And to recover sight to the blind, to set the oppressed 
free.
  I urge all who hear these words to heed these lessons.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is no longer recognized.
  * * *
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will ask the Sergeant at Arms to

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enforce the prohibition on breaches of decorum.

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