[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 83 (Monday, May 16, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5004]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE GOOD COMMUNITY OF BUFFALO, NEW 
                                  YORK

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Speaker, this past weekend, my 
community of Buffalo, New York, was ravaged by an act of domestic 
terror.
  A white supremacist used a weapon of mass destruction to brutally 
murder 10 Black people who were just going about their business at the 
Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue. Three others were wounded.
  The victims were ages 32 through 86. They were mothers and 
grandmothers. They were fathers and grandfathers. They were young 
adults. They were good people of faith, a retired teacher, and a 
retired police officer.
  This premeditated act was planned to be broadcast to the world on 
social media showcasing this massacre as the playing out of a vile 
racist fantasy.
  I rise today with my colleagues to honor those who have been lost. To 
honor them and to help heal our broken community, I urge all of my 
colleagues to think about what we can do to fight hate.
  We have the power, through our words and our votes, to promote 
civility, tolerance, and kindness. And we have the choice to do better 
and to work together to fight the evil that exists around us and 
throughout the world.
  Today, we bow our heads in silence, but tomorrow--tomorrow--we raise 
our voices loudly against hate.
  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 shooting in 
Buffalo, New York.

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