Eric Swalwell: “God blessed America and this Chamber when we were sent John Lewis. We will miss his character, his conviction, and his…”

“God blessed America and this Chamber when we were sent John Lewis. We will miss his character, his conviction, and his kindness; and this place feels a lot emptier without him. =========================== NOTE =========================== July 22, 2020, on page H3669, the following appeared: (Mr. SWALWELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. SWALWELL. Mr. Speaker, God blessed America and this Chamber when we were sent John Lewis. We will miss his character, his conviction, and his kindness; and this place feels a lot emptier without him. The online version has been corrected to read: (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, God blessed America and this Chamber when we were sent John Lewis. We will miss his character, his conviction, and his kindness; and this place feels a lot emptier without him. ========================= END NOTE ========================= There is so much that will be said about our colleague, but I will never forget, just right before us in this well, after the country had gone through mass shooting after mass shooting after mass shooting, and we were so troubled about what to do next, our colleague told us, if we were willing to cause a little bit of good, necessary trouble, we could make a difference. We will miss John.…”