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HONORING THE LIFE OF JOHN WALTER REVELL Speaker: Congressman Ralph Norman Publication: Congressional Record Date: 15 June 2022 
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The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Schrier). The Chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Norman) for 5 minutes. Mr. NORMAN. Madam Speaker, as a Member of the 117th Congress, I rise today to celebrate the life of John Walter Revell. John is the son of Jeanie Tanner Revell and Dr. Walter J. Revell, Jr., and the brother of Letty and Marie Revell. John was born on March 8th, 1980, and tragically died on June 19th, 1993, as a result of being hit by a car as he was riding his bicycle on his way to his family farm. The driver of the car was a person under the influence of drugs, which are ravaging our Nation today. John was 13 years old at the time of his death. However, his life epitomizes the words, ``While he was alive, he lived.'' The fond memories our family has of John include his Rollerblading around the neighborhood, the family ski trips, the sleepovers he had with our children and friends at our house, the words others would have this 13-year-old boy tell me during the children work week, ``Ralph, we want to take today off to swim at Shiland Pool and play,'' the sight of him standing in our back door when dinner was being served with that smile, indicating I am hungry. He was an athlete. He was a Boy Scout. He was an honor student. He was a musician. He was a child who loved to laugh and brought a ray of sunshine to everyone he encountered. June 19, 2022, will mark the 29th year of John's passing. On March 8 of this year, he would have been 42 years of age. The biblical passage that gives comfort to all those left behind who knew and loved John Revell can be found in Romans 8:38-39, ``For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.''