On the recordJuly 20, 2022
I thank the gentleman from South Carolina. Ronald Reagan, to paraphrase, said: Freedom is only one generation away from extinction, and it must be fought and preserved from one generation to the next, and no nation having lost its freedom in history has ever regained it. You think about how, in the past year and a half, we have seen our most basic, most essential freedoms trampled upon by those who would also trample upon our Second Amendment rights. They have moved to restrict our own healthcare decisions about whether or not we have to take a vaccine that we may not want or may not need. They have restricted our ability to travel and to move, where we want to go, whether or not we can assemble, whether or not we can worship, whether we can go to work, whether we can operate our business, whether or not we can earn a living. They want to trample upon our rights to defend ourselves. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Cawthorn).
