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Congressman Luis Gutierrez

Representing the 4th District of Illinois

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January 10, 2017 Press Release
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) took to the House floor this morning to explain why he is not going to attend the inaugural ceremonies on January 20. “The reason I am not going is that I cannot bring myself to justify morally or intellectually the immense power we are placing in that man’s hands,” he said of Donald Trump (standing before a picture of the President-elect). Rep. Gutiérrez said he would join his wife Soraida in participating in the Women’s March on January 21 in Washington. Rep. Gutiérrez spoke during the morning hour in Congress (approximately 10 am ET), which was carried live on C-SPAN.
March 2, 2015 Press Release
This article, written by Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL), originally appeared at The Huffington Post on March 2, 2015 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-luis-gutierrez/why-i-wont-be-at-benjamin-netanyahu_b_6787936.html): After consulting with my colleagues, my staff, my family, and my conscience, I will regretfully not be attending the address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the House Chamber on Tuesday. I do not expect this absence will be much noted or will change the course of history in any significant way, but it is important to me to be clear about why I feel my presence would send the wrong message. I will not attend Tuesday’s speech precisely because I am a strong supporter of the State of Israel and the Israeli people. I do not want to participate in a political stunt that may have short-term payoffs for partisanship and the conservative parties in both Israel and the United States at the expense of long-term damage to one of the most important international relationships the United States has — and the most important international relationship the Israelis have.