November 15, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 183 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IN MEMORY OF U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN ANTOINE LEWIS

  (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise to remember the late U.S. 
Army Captain Antoine Lewis of Matteson, Illinois, in the Second 
Congressional District.
  I was shocked and saddened to learn that Captain Lewis was among the 
157 people killed in the tragic plane crash in Ethiopia on March 10. 
His funeral was November 9 because his family just received his 
remains.
  This incredible young man had so much more to give the world and 
constantly gave of himself to others. He possessed an irrepressible 
curiosity and a desire to make the world a better place.
  Captain Lewis was a man of passionate commitment to his family, to 
the Matteson community, to our country, and to his faith. He was a one-
man recruitment team when it came to getting so many in his own family 
to enlist. An honorable man, he represented the very best of America 
whenever he served in uniform or wherever he traveled in the world.
  Captain Lewis was a patriot who proudly served his country. He had 
been stationed in Afghanistan, South Korea, and Canada.

  He had an adventuresome and free spirit and was filled with wonder 
and curiosity about other people and cultures. While he was raised in 
Matteson, he belonged to the world.
  He, like many others, went to Africa to offer hope and opportunity to 
others through mission work. As called to do by St. James, he put his 
faith into actions and deeds that uplifted others and worked to build a 
better world.
  As we grieve with his family and friends, we are comforted by the 
knowledge that he did fulfill his desire to make the world a better 
place by the love he gave to every person and mission that he 
encountered.

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