[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10180]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IN THE SPIRIT OF ELIE WIESEL

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, Elie Wiesel, one of the great human beings 
who graced this Earth, passed away this week. He said that sometimes we 
are powerless to prevent injustice, but we should never fail to protest 
against injustice.
  John Lewis is a man in this House who is of the same caliber as 
Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King. He is the same caliber as Elie 
Wiesel. When John Lewis and other Democrats protested on this floor, 
they were here because they might not have been able to prevent 
injustice, but they needed to protest. And they did it in the spirit of 
Elie Wiesel.
  Mr. Speaker, you said John Lewis and the Democrats' activity on the 
floor was a stunt. It wasn't a stunt. It was in keeping with the great 
tradition of people like Elie Wiesel and John Lewis who know that at 
sometimes, when society and the government are so far out of line, 
there need to be extraordinary steps to bring attention to issues and 
make a change. The bill you are bringing to the floor is a stunt. John 
Lewis does not engage in stunts.

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