[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 8, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S2707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                  STEM School Highlands Ranch Shooting

  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, I am saddened to have to begin my 
remarks this morning by acknowledging yet another senseless act of 
school violence in America.
  Less than a month after the 20th anniversary of the tragic shooting 
at Columbine High School, another Colorado community was shattered 
yesterday afternoon. Just miles away, at the STEM School Highlands 
Ranch, one student has been killed, eight others have been wounded, and 
many more young lives have been changed forever at the hands of two of 
their fellow students.
  I know the entire Senate joins me in holding the victims of 
yesterday's shooting, their families, and their entire community in our 
prayers today.
  Our gratitude is with the first responders of Douglas County, whose 
swift action to engage the shooters saved untold lives.