[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 215 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H7814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE RECENT OUTBREAK 
              OF TORNADOES IN KENTUCKY AND IN THE MIDWEST

  (Mr. ROGERS OF Kentucky asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. COMER. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky, my 
close friend, whose district was the hardest hit and whose constituents 
along with all those impacted are in our prayers.
  Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, on behalf of all the citizens of west 
Kentucky, I thank everyone in America for the outpouring of support, 
the prayers, the financial support, the people who took off and 
traveled to west Kentucky to help remove debris and save people who 
were trapped under roofs and buildings that had collapsed.
  The devastation there is unlike anything I have ever seen. And in 
talking to the media that is all in Mayfield, Kentucky, right now as we 
speak, it is the worst damage they have ever seen from a tornado.
  But the people in west Kentucky are resilient. They have so much 
pride in their communities. Neighbor has helped neighbor, and that will 
continue.
  I ask, Madam Speaker, for a moment of silence on the House floor to 
remember the 74 citizens of Kentucky who perished in the terrible 
series of tornadoes that swept through our State this weekend.
  The SPEAKER. The Chair asks all Members in the Chamber, as well as 
Members and staff throughout the Capitol, to rise for a moment of 
silence in remembrance of the victims of the recent outbreak of 
tornadoes in Kentucky and throughout the Midwest.

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