[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 88 (Monday, June 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H5148-H5149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR THE VICTIMS OF THE JUNE 8, 2014, LAS VEGAS 
                                SHOOTING

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, the Nevada delegation comes before you with a 
heavy heart this evening in the wake of yesterday's tragic events in 
Las Vegas.
  On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, two individuals who had recently 
moved to southern Nevada and participated in the Cliven Bundy 
resistance walked into a neighborhood pizza parlor. Carrying swastikas 
and the Gadsden flag and spouting antigovernment rhetoric, they shot 
and killed two police officers having lunch. They then killed an 
innocent bystander shopping at a nearby department store.

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  The officers, Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo, were both veterans of the Las 
Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, with a combined 21 years on the 
force. Officer Beck leaves behind a wife and three children, and 
Officer Soldo leaves behind a wife and a baby.
  Joseph Robert Wilcox, 31, also of Las Vegas, was shopping when the 
two killers entered the department store and lost his life attempting 
to intervene.
  Tonight, we ask you to join us in honoring the lives of these three 
victims of senseless violence, in mourning their family's devastating 
loss, in praying for all who have suffered as a result of these 
horrible events, and in commending Metro for its effective action and 
steadfast commitment to protecting our community even under the worst 
of circumstances.
  I ask that the Members join us in a moment of silence.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Byrne). Members will rise for a moment 
of silence.

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