Sheila Jackson Lee: “I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, who has provided our road map that we are going to use to take this long…”

“I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania, who has provided our road map that we are going to use to take this long journey, and we are not going to stop until we finish the job. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Georgia (Mrs. McBath). This distinguished Congresswoman has a voice of passion for an issue that John Lewis had a voice of passion for, and I believe that it clearly was before she came, if I am not mistaken, that John Lewis led a floor boycott so that gun legislation could be passed. You see, he is and was the conscience of the Congress. I think he must have known that Congresswoman McBath was coming to Congress. Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague Representative Sheila Jackson Lee for yielding. Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the 56th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march, but for the first time we observed the solemn anniversary feeling the tremendous absence of our colleague, our friend, our brother, John Lewis. Though John is no longer with us, his spirit and his soul still fill this Chamber. And even amidst the noise and the bitter rancor, one can still hear his words ringing so loudly that they cannot be ignored. ``Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.'' John Lewis was widely known as the conscience of Congress, and I can't think of a more fitting description of our friend, a man who nearly lost his life on that bridge in Selma in the struggle for voting rights.…”