[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE LIFE OF KEVIN JOSEPH SUTHERLAND

  (Mr. HIMES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, 4 days ago, on July 4, a young man was 
murdered just a mile from here in broad daylight on a crowded subway. 
That young man was Kevin Joseph Sutherland, 24 years old. He was my 
campaign volunteer, my intern, and my friend.
  Maybe that is unremarkable. Violence seems to be a part of who we are 
and all too present with us.
  But I want to tell this House that Kevin was in Washington because he 
believed in the best of us, each one of us. He believed that we could 
come together. He believed that we could set aside our petty 
prejudices. He believed that we could bring our voices together in this 
Chamber and make a better world.
  I think there is a chance that 20 years from now Kevin might have 
served in this Chamber. Now, that is not going to happen. But Kevin's 
spirit of openness, of optimism, of possibility, that spirit must live 
on in this Chamber and in our hearts.
  Thank you, Kevin.

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