Political Quotes

“I thank Representative Johnson for what he shared. It is truly appropriate for this National Bible Week. I appreciate how he talked about the ties between Christianity and Judaism and the Judeo-Christian ethic, which ties it all together and how you observed that during your recent trip to Israel. There are many archeological discoveries which have validated Biblical accounts, giving trustworthiness to the Bible we acknowledge during this National Bible Week. Time and time again, archeology has shown the Biblical personalities, locations, and events actually existed in time and space. Claims by critics that a Biblical statement was simply made up have been debunked by later archeological discoveries more times than we can say. The Jewish archaeologist Nelson Glueck has said: ``It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted or contradicted a biblical reference.'' I now yield time to the gentleman from California (Mr. LaMalfa). He will talk about this National Bible Week. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), who not only shares the first 13 letters of our combined names, but a deep reverence and recognition of the importance of the Bible in our Christian faith. So I am glad to be able to join you and our other colleagues here in recognizing the 75th anniversary of National Bible Week. The Bible is indeed the living, unerring Word of God.…”