October 28, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 170 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H8528-H8529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING THE LIFE OF JOHN CONYERS

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my colleagues in the 
Congressional Black Caucus and the many Members of the United States 
Congress in honoring John Conyers.
  I look forward, over the next couple of weeks, to paying tribute to 
him on this floor, for he is deserving of the

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honor and recognition of the service of 53 years in the United States 
Congress.
  John Conyers, throughout newspapers across America, is called a civil 
rights icon, a man who won reelection time after time with 80 percent 
of the vote.
  I offer my deepest sympathy to his beautiful wife, Monica, and his 
sons, John and Carl, but most of all, I say to America: Those who are 
voiceless, John Conyers was there; but those who were silenced, who 
tried to be heard, John Conyers was there.
  In every important piece of legislation for the last half century, 
John Conyers was there: voting rights, fair housing, the Clean Air Act, 
and the Clean Water Act.
  Yes, he is an icon, but he is a person of this Nation. An honored 
servant and former military, he is to be honored, and I look forward to 
saluting him in days to come.
  May he rest in peace.

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