[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 113 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3192-S3193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                         Highland Park Shooting

  Madam President, on another matter, I want to say a few words--I 
suppose too few words--about the tragedy that happened at Highland Park 
on July Fourth where seven souls lost their lives. On that day, a 
disturbed and troubled young man opened fire from a rooftop at crowds 
below who were attending that Fourth of July parade event.
  Like many disturbed men before him, there was a long trail of warning 
signs. Police and prosecutors contacted him twice in 2019 when he was 
still a teen, including when he attempted suicide. We shouldn't bear to 
see these predictable signs anymore. I ask again this Congress to pass 
my EAGLES Act of 2021. This bill provides the proper training to 
recognize the signs of a person mobilizing to do violence and then give 
the opportunity to intercede before these bad acts take place.

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  There is a pattern to these tragedies, and we need to pass the EAGLES 
Act to make sure more people are aware of how to identify these young 
men and get them the help they need before we have another tragedy.