[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 159 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6302-S6303]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                        Las Vegas Mass Shooting

  Mr. CASEY. Madam President, I come to the floor today for the second 
time this week to highlight the tragic human cost of gun violence. I 
will speak today about just one victim, but of course we are thinking 
as well about the 58 victims in Las Vegas. Not counting the killer in 
that total, the last count was 58 victims and well over 500 injured.
  We have some sense of the gravity of the violence that played out in 
Las Vegas. I am not sure any of us can fully understand it, and some of 
us will

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never quite understand what happened there, but I think we have to 
dedicate ourselves to taking action. I will get to that in a moment.