[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1089]
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  EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE VICTIMS OF THE SENSELESS SHOOTING IN 
                         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 21, 2015

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I rise to 
speak out against the senseless loss of innocent lives resulting from 
another unthinkable act of violence.
  My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Chattanooga, 
Tennessee, who were affected by the shootings on Thursday morning, July 
16, especially the victims, the families, and our military community 
affected by this catastrophe.
  From current reports, we know that gunshots were fired at a military 
recruiting center and a Navy Reserve center in different parts of 
Chattanooga, Tennessee, late Thursday morning, tragically taking the 
lives of four Marines and wounding several others.
  I want to commend the law enforcement and emergency service agencies 
for their prompt response and management of this morning's tragic 
shootings and for carrying out the investigation thereafter.
  Americans come together at such times of tragedy to support each 
other.
  So at this time, I ask all Americans to keep the victims, their 
families, and our military members, in their thoughts and prayers.
  There is no place in a civilized society for such senseless acts of 
violence.
  Changing a culture of violence will not happen overnight but that is 
no excuse for failing to try.
  We must keeping trying. We must work tirelessly. For the sake of the 
victims of Chattanooga, Tennessee, we must not give up.
  I ask the House to observe a moment of silence in memory of the 
victims in Tennessee, and victims of gun violence everywhere.

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