[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 53 (Thursday, April 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                REMEMBERING STEPHANIE AND JUSTIN SHULTS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I was deeply saddened by the death of 
Lexington, KY, native Stephanie Moore Shults. Ms. Shults, 29, along 
with her husband Justin Shults, 30, was killed in the terrorist attacks 
in Brussels last month. Funeral services for the young couple will be 
held in Lexington tomorrow.
  Stephanie Shults graduated from Bryan Station High School and 
Transylvania University and was looking forward to the promising future 
ahead of her. She found part of that future when she met Justin, a 
native of Tennessee, at Vanderbilt University, where the two earned 
their master's in accounting. The pair moved to Brussels in 2014 for 
work and loved to travel extensively through Europe. They recently 
visited Barcelona. They were planning a future trip to Finland, where 
they hoped to stay in a glass igloo under the Northern Lights. Now that 
spirit of adventure is gone, stolen by a brutal act of terror that 
targeted the innocent.
  My wife Elaine and I join all Kentuckians in sending our deepest 
condolences to the families and loved ones of this young couple. We 
share their heartbreak over the fact that Stephanie and Justin were 
taken from us entirely too soon. And we extend our prayers and 
sympathies to all the families who lost loved ones in Belgium.
  Attacks like these remind Americans everywhere that we must defeat 
ISIL and other terrorist groups who not only threaten our interests but 
critically, importantly, threaten innocent civilians.
  Today we honor the lives of Stephanie and Justin. We mourn their 
loss. And we rededicate ourselves to our important fight against 
terror.

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