; Whereas, in 2011, President Barack Obama awarded Mr. Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States; Whereas Mr. Lewis’ colleagues referred to him as the conscience of the Congress for his— (1) relentless pursuit of justice; (2) unflinching commitment to building what Dr. King and Mr. Lewis referred to as the Beloved Community , a society without poverty, racism, or violence; and (3) willingness to make what he called good trouble, necessary trouble to confront acts of injustice; and Whereas, on July 17, 2020, Mr. Lewis died, devastating his family, his staff, the city of Atlanta, the State of Georgia, and the people of the United States, who united to honor his monumental legacy of hard work and self-sacrifice in the pursuit of liberty and justice for all, which culminated in Mr. Lewis lying in state at the United States Capitol before his memorial service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta: Now, therefore, be it