[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 59 (Monday, April 4, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF THE SACRAMENTO GUN 
                                VIOLENCE

  (Ms. MATSUI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today heartbroken, full of pain and 
sadness for my district, my hometown of Sacramento.
  Very early yesterday morning, I got an alert that there was a mass 
shooting; and I wondered, ``Now where?'' Then I read the words: 
Sacramento. This terrible violence has come home to my home in 
Sacramento.
  Sacramento experienced the deadliest mass shooting in the city's 
history. Six members of our community were killed and 12 were sent to 
local hospitals.
  Our Sacramento community is hurting. This tragedy has touched every 
single one of us, and I really deeply appreciate the outpouring of 
support for the lives lost from all of you and across the Nation.
  Sacramento is truly a special place. We deeply care for each other; 
we work together; we are resilient; and we show compassion when our 
neighbors are in pain. Our entire community has come together in the 
wake of this tragedy to pray for the victims and their loved ones and 
to support the efforts of our community responders and law enforcement 
officers who are still hard at work.
  As Sacramentans, we are still in the early hours and first day of our 
grief. These were our neighbors, our friends, and our family members. 
While we will never be able to fill the space of a lost loved one, we 
can all reach out, embrace them, and make sure that the love they hold 
for those lost endures in us all.
  I want to name the ones we lost:
  Sergio Harris, 38 years old;
  Melinda Davis, 57 years old;
  Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21 years old;
  Johntaya Alexander, 21 years old;
  Devazia Turner, 29 years old; and
  Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32 years old.
  Right now we are bound in grief and love, but also in our resolve to 
do better. We cannot go on accepting that shootings like this are 
inevitable. If we can prevent even one more tragedy like this, spare 
other families and communities from feeling this pain, then we have to 
come together and act. We cannot and will not be passive in the face of 
such senseless violence.
  I now ask my colleagues and all Americans to join me in a moment of 
silence for the victims of this terrible tragedy, for their loved ones, 
for those still fighting to recover, and for our entire Sacramento 
community. Let us together mourn and pray for them during this 
difficult time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bera). The Chair asks that all Members 
in the Chamber, as well as Members and staff throughout the Capitol, 
rise for a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims of the 
recent shooting in Sacramento, California.

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