[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H4867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE SANTA BARBARA, 
                          CALIFORNIA, TRAGEDY

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise with a heavy heart. On Friday 
night, my home community was rocked by unspeakable violence, which left 
six students and their assailant dead and 13 others injured. The 
rampage shook the communities of Isla Vista and the University of 
California in Santa Barbara, Californians, and the Nation.
  Last night, I joined with my community at UCSB and in Isla Vista to 
honor those we lost. Together, we have taken the first steps towards 
making sense of the senseless. It will be a long journey. We have many 
questions, and over the weeks and months ahead perhaps more will be 
posed than we can answer. But we will work through it together.
  While we all struggle to make sense of this tragedy, I want to thank 
you, my colleagues, and communities across the Nation for your prayers, 
your kind words, and your support. This act was fueled by hate, but in 
the wake of this tragedy, we as a Nation have shown that in a dark time 
we do not walk alone, we do not grieve alone, so we will not have to 
heal alone.
  Today, we remember the victims: George Chen; ``James'' Chung You-on 
Hong; Way-han ``David'' Wang; Katherine Breann Cooper; Christopher Ross 
Michaels-Martinez; and Veronika Weiss.
  We send our deepest sympathies to their families and to their 
friends. We lend support to the injured. We pledge to stand with the 
Santa Barbara community, and all those touched by violence, to do all 
we can to prevent this sort of tragedy in the future.
  Mr. Speaker, I would now like to ask that the House observe a moment 
of silence for the victims, for their families, their friends, the UC-
Santa Barbara community, and all who mourn in the wake of this 
senseless tragedy.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will please rise for a moment of 
silence.

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