[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 143 (Thursday, November 20, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H8146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS AT MARYSVILLE-PILCHUCK HIGH SCHOOL

  (Mr. LARSEN of Washington asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I am joined today with my 
colleagues from Washington State to ask you, at the end of my comments, 
to ask for a moment of silence because, on October 24, the Marysville, 
Washington, and Tulalip communities were violently ripped apart by a 
tragic shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School. Four students and 
their assailant have died, and one student was seriously wounded.
  Now, as the father of two teenage boys, my heart breaks as I consider 
the families who were given the worst news imaginable as a result of 
this horrible event.
  Healing is a difficult process, especially as we approach the 
Thanksgiving holiday. Marysville and Tulalip and the surrounding 
communities have shown their strength, however, and their resilience by 
celebrating these young people and giving thanks for their lives, 
although those lives were cut terribly short--the lives of Zoe Galasso, 
Gia Soriano, Shaylee Chuckulnaskit, Andrew Fryberg, and, yes, a 
celebration of even the life of the shooter, young Jaylen Fryberg.
  Our thoughts are also with Nate Hatch and his family as he continues 
to recover.
  We all want to thank our first responders and the Marysville-Pilchuck 
High School staff and leadership for their quick action on that sad 
day. We want to thank the Tulalip leadership for their resiliency and 
the faith communities throughout the area for opening their buildings 
and their arms to the grieving population. Everybody involved deserves 
our thanks and deserves our prayers.
  For our first responders, you put yourselves at risk to keep our 
children safe, and I know I speak for our whole community when I thank 
you for your service and your bravery.
  I want to commend the strength of the community leaders during this 
incredibly difficult time. And my colleagues and I want to continue to 
send thoughts and prayers to students, teachers, and families of the 
Marysville and Tulalip communities.
  So, with that, Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the House, and we all ask 
the House, to observe a moment of silence as we remember these young 
people whose lives ended far too soon.

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