[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5073]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING ABRAHAM LINCOLN

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Madam Speaker, I was tempted to rise when my friend Mr. 
McCarthy from California was speaking of the great, late President 
Abraham Lincoln and his legacy--really, a dichotomy of a man, a very 
complicated individual. We know of his great achievements, of ending 
slavery, of maintaining our Union--great achievements--and very 
difficult achievements for him as well, passing the 13th Amendment.
  We think of how dysfunctional, maybe, Congress is today and the lack 
of cooperation. Under the conditions that then-President Lincoln was 
operating, it is a marvel that he was able to pass such incredible 
legislation with such ramifications, and positively.
  But I think one of the great things about Lincoln that oft times goes 
unnoticed is one of the legacies that was unintended by himself 
directly: he dies. He is shot on the 14th of April 1865. He dies on the 
15th of April 1865.
  One of the greatest things about Abraham Lincoln is, on the 16th of 
April, the Sun rose again on the Republic of the United States, a 
better nation for his having lived, but continued despite his absence. 
How wonderful a legacy is that, that this Republic, greater than any 
man or woman, lives on, a better place for him having lived.
  May God rest the soul of Abraham Lincoln.

                          ____________________