HONORING PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

HONORING PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025)] [House] [Page H108] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] HONORING PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER (Mrs. McBATH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.) Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor President Jimmy Carter and the legacy he leaves behind as the former President from my State of Georgia. President Carter was the small-town son of a farmer and a nurse. He carried with him humble sensibilities, strong values, and a commitment to faith that reinforced his servant leadership first in the Navy and then in the highest office in the land. His work before and after his Presidency reminds us all that our capacity for impact is independent of the title that we wear or the place that we call home. President Carter cared deeply about peace and prosperity across our world, and his commitment to God's people is one that those of us from Georgia remember as we, ourselves, represent and serve our home State. Though he has departed this world, we know that his legacy will live on not only through the work of the Carter Center but through those of us inspired by his life and leadership. Mr. Speaker, I hold the Carter family and all who know President Carter in my heart during this time. ____________________