Lauren Boebert Honoring Charlie Kirk: A Pioneer Who Moved Youth to Faith and God

[00:00] Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Schwiker.

[00:02] Thank you so much for reserving this

[00:04] time in the people's house to honor our

[00:06] friend Charlie.

[00:14] Today's a really hard day.

[00:18] Um,

[00:21] this is unexpected obviously,

[00:24] but the moment we heard that something

[00:26] had happened, I was able to get on the

[00:29] phone with faith leaders throughout the

[00:31] nation and instantaneously

[00:34] there were prayer groups formed,

[00:37] mighty men and women of God, faithfilled

[00:40] Christians, believers

[00:42] who stood in the gap and interceded for

[00:45] my friend Charlie,

[00:52] I thank God for that faith.

[00:55] The prayers were not in vain.

[00:59] God promises

[01:01] that his word will produce what it says

[01:05] it will. I do not believe that Charlie's

[01:10] life being stolen in this manner is in

[01:13] vain.

[01:16] Charlie is a pioneer,

[01:18] a Greek word that God has brought to my

[01:21] remembrance

[01:22] each and every day for more than a

[01:24] decade. And the Greek word word word is

[01:26] archagos. And if you look it up in the

[01:28] Strong's coordinates, it's word number

[01:30] 747.

[01:33] And in some way, God reminds me of this

[01:36] Greek word archos on a daily basis.

[01:40] And even when I think I understand it, I

[01:43] still ask him to give me deeper

[01:45] revelation. And I believe that today God

[01:48] highlighted

[01:53] exactly what it means. He personified

[01:56] this word and it is pioneer in the

[01:59] English language. And it is one

[02:02] who pioneers a way, who makes a way for

[02:06] others to follow. Maybe not the

[02:08] originator of the thing, but someone who

[02:10] fearlessly takes charge, who

[02:12] courageously

[02:14] goes into the unknown,

[02:18] who faces adversaries unafraid,

[02:21] unashamed, boldly,

[02:24] and influences others to continue down

[02:28] that path. And that's exactly what

[02:30] Charlie Kirk has done.

[02:33] Charlie Kirk

[02:36] is a husband, a father, a man who spoke

[02:40] more of politic or more more of family

[02:42] than he ever did politics.

[02:46] For those who don't know him personally,

[02:48] you may just see him as a political

[02:50] figure. But to those of us who know

[02:53] Charlie, who listen to his message on a

[02:56] regular basis, who attend his events,

[03:00] we know that rather than talking about

[03:03] tax rates and GBDP, he's more talking

[03:05] about the nuclear family, talking about

[03:08] faith in God,

[03:10] talking about the value of marriage,

[03:13] how children need a father in the home,

[03:16] how they need both parents,

[03:19] how you uplift one another rather than

[03:21] tear tear each other down. And that's

[03:23] exactly what Charlie did. He would go

[03:26] into sometimes the enemy's territory

[03:31] and he would give those who saw

[03:34] themselves as his enemy a platform to

[03:36] speak and he would have debate.

[03:42] He never promoted violence. He condemned

[03:44] violence at every turn.

[03:47] He gave data, thoughtful responses,

[03:52] and he shared his faith each and every

[03:54] day. A pioneer who shared his love for

[03:58] Jesus, proclaiming the lordship and

[04:00] reign of Jesus each and every day.

[04:07] Faith comes by hearing and by hearing

[04:10] the word of God. And more literally,

[04:13] that second word, hearing in scripture

[04:15] means understanding.

[04:18] Faith comes by hearing and understanding

[04:20] the word of God. And I believe that

[04:22] Charlie Kirk was on a mission for

[04:25] America and the world to hear and

[04:29] understand

[04:31] the love of God. To have a revelation of

[04:35] the love of God so that they would know

[04:37] the hope of their calling. so that their

[04:39] their inner being would be enlightened

[04:42] and they would understand that there was

[04:44] a hope and a future, a desired outcome

[04:46] that God had purposed them with.

[04:50] Charlie Kirk understood

[04:56] that you have to be a doer of the word.

[04:59] That faith without corresponding action

[05:03] isn't faith at all.

[05:09] Charlie took action each and every day.

[05:13] We heard that he was moving our youth to

[05:15] the right. But I think more importantly,

[05:17] Charlie Kirk was moving our youth to

[05:20] God,

[05:22] to faith in God, to read the scriptures.

[05:26] He lived

[05:28] exactly what he spoke

[05:33] each and every day, being the example,

[05:36] being the change that he wanted to see

[05:38] in America

[05:40] and beyond.

[05:44] Charlie Kirk has a legacy

[05:47] not only through the work that he's done

[05:51] but through his wife Erica

[05:54] who I humbly ask each and every person

[05:57] pray for her and their children.

[06:00] Those prayers right now mean so much.

[06:02] Charlie Kirk is present with the Lord.

[06:05] He is

[06:07] in the fullness of joy right now.

[06:09] Present with Jesus.

[06:13] He's not hurting. He is not suffering.

[06:16] We are the ones who are feeling loss.

[06:18] Erica and those children are the ones

[06:20] who are feeling loss

[06:22] and hurt and pain. But it is the Holy

[06:24] Spirit

[06:26] who I ask

[06:28] to surround them with his wraparound

[06:31] presence and bring them peace. Peace

[06:33] that surpasses all understanding in this

[06:36] time to guard their hearts. who heal

[06:39] their brokenhearted.

[06:43] We know that joy will come. There is a

[06:46] time of mourning, but that joy is not

[06:48] just a suggestion. It is the battle plan

[06:51] that will get them through each and

[06:53] every day of their life. But in this

[06:56] moment,

[06:58] I want to quote one thing that my friend

[07:00] Charlie said. I

[07:07] He's given so many of us an opportunity

[07:09] to speak truth.

[07:14] He's given us his platform,

[07:17] an ability to reach into the hearts and

[07:19] lives

[07:21] of millions of our youth and and and

[07:23] beyond.

[07:25] and and a recent quote he said he said

[07:28] you have been commanded to go do

[07:32] something productive with your life

[07:36] to go give and to produce and to risk

[07:43] and to then sew into other people that

[07:46] is a biblical a biblical idea that has

[07:50] made the world profoundly better Charlie

[07:53] Kirk

[07:54] was a doer of the word, a risktaker,

[07:59] a bold defender of truth, and he has swn

[08:03] into the lives of millions. And that

[08:06] harvest will produce 30, 60, and

[08:09] 100fold.

[08:12] Charlie, you have a legacy.

[08:14] Thank you for honoring our father God.

[08:18] Thank you for proclaiming the lordship

[08:21] of Jesus Christ. Thank you for

[08:25] expressing the fellowship and communion

[08:27] of the Holy Spirit.

[08:30] We will not be silenced.

[08:32] That would be a dishonor to everything

[08:34] Charlie has done over the years.

[08:38] We will be bold. We will speak out. We

[08:41] will go forward.

[08:43] We will continue to move our youth

[08:47] closer to God. We will continue to press

[08:52] in and get a grip on God as he has a

[08:56] grip on us. And this today, September

[09:00] 10th, 2025,

[09:03] truly marks a turning point in our

[09:07] nation and throughout the world. Charlie

[09:09] Kirk, God bless you. God bless Turning

[09:11] Point USA,

[09:14] Andrew, Tyler,

[09:16] Erica,

[09:19] everyone who is a part of the team. God

[09:21] bless you all and thank you so much.

[09:23] It's been such an honor to serve

[09:26] alongside of you. Mr. Schwiker, I yield

[09:29] back.

[09:32] Mr. speaker.