On the recordJanuary 15, 2019
I thank the gentleman. I beg to differ with my good friend from Iowa. I do believe that we are all created equal with certain inalienable rights. What I would say to him is that Western civilization is what we all are. There is no denigrating of Western civilization. It is what America is. We are the greatest leader of Western civilization. We are the greatest leader of the free world. But what we are speaking about is, of course, the words ``white nationalism'' and ``white supremacy,'' for it is clear that the FBI makes a direct point between dehumanizing and derogatory comments, which come from white nationalists and white supremacists, to the idea that it generates, as you have heard here on the floor of the House. It generates the death of Dr. Martin Luther King. It generates Charlottesville. It generates Charleston, South Carolina. It generates hateful acts that result in death. This is the kind of tolerating of this that we cannot suffer and the intolerance that we cannot suffer. Because the idea of white nationalism, as superior to others, and white supremacy indicates that somebody else might die. This resolution is an important resolution to affirm to this Congress and this Nation that we believe that we all are created equal and, as Dr. King said, that, ``We shall overcome.'' And, some day, we shall overcome.
