[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 110 (Friday, July 8, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4564-H4565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            JUSTICE FOR ALL

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, all of us were deeply shocked and heartbroken 
to learn of the assassination of five police officers in Dallas last 
night. Nothing can ever justify the cold-blooded murders of those who 
have sworn to protect and serve. Such an act does nothing to bring back 
those who were killed by police in previous days--killings that also 
shocked the conscience of our country.
  Violence only begets violence, not justice.
  The killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile at the hands of 
law enforcement officers were horrifying and unacceptable. Their 
families deserve a full investigation and for justice to be served--
just as those five fallen officers deserve justice. Justice for all--
those officers who were shot in Dallas and their families deserve that.

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  As we mourn, we remember that the way we bend the arc of the moral 
universe towards justice is by bending it together. In the days ahead, 
let us focus on what unites us and on our shared determination to see 
justice prevail.
  Black lives matter. Law enforcement officers' lives matter. Justice 
matters. Life matters.

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