[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               IN TRIBUTE

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, it is truly a sad time for the United 
States Congress and for the American people. Today we mourn the tragic 
loss of Jacob Chestnut and John Gibson. We mourn for their families and 
the children they leave behind. And as we look back on their lives, let 
us also look forward. Let us look forward to the time when no 
individual needing mental health treatment falls through the cracks in 
our health care system. Let us look forward to the day when guns cannot 
find their way into our streets and our public areas.
  Today we are united not just in our grief but in our respect, our 
admiration, and the utmost gratitude to these two officers. At this 
time of deep sorrow, words can never be enough to erase the pain we are 
feeling or to capture the full meaning of the selflessness and the 
bravery of John Michael Gibson and Jacob Joseph Chestnut. Words are not 
enough, but in our hearts and in our minds, their heroism will never be 
forgotten.

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