Honoring Senator Barry Goldwater

Floor Speech

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Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that Congress
today will honor a great American patriot, Barry Goldwater, with a
statue in the National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol.

On July 4, 1963, I visited Washington, by bus, for the first time to
participate in the National Draft Goldwater Rally. Senator Goldwater's
legacy of promoting limited government, a strong national defense--
leading to victory in the cold war--and protecting personal freedoms is
more vital than ever. As a teenage Republican, I lived the southern
Republican revolution he inspired. He helped transform the South from
nonexistent, or insignificant, Republican legislative membership in
1963, culminating in 2014 with Republican legislative majorities in all
States from Virginia to Texas and Oklahoma to Arkansas.

I am grateful the southern Republican revolution has created an open
process in South Carolina, with Nikki Haley being the first female
Governor in 340 years, with Tim Scott being the first popularly elected
African American ever elected in the South to the U.S. Senate, and Alan
Wilson being elected America's youngest attorney general.

In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President never
forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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