[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 118 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              REPORT FROM ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I hold in my hand the interim report 
2022 Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary School Shooting. 
Tragically, I was there within days of the shooting in May. Tragically, 
I got to listen to parents whose children bled out. All of us know the 
story of a little girl who smeared blood on herself just to have them 
think she was dead.
  Part of what this report says is at Robb Elementary School, law 
enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter 
training, and they failed to prioritize saving the innocent victims 
over their own safety. There was no command post, as this report says, 
and there was no point of command.
  But really I think what is important is that we are due for Federal 
involvement, as I have called. It is time now to give answers to our 
community. And let me simply say the words that struck me in this 
executive summary: We recognize that the impact of this tragedy is felt 
more profoundly by the people of Uvalde in ways we cannot fully 
comprehend. Their children are dead, and we have no answers, and there 
are people who failed to save the children's lives.
  I call for a congressional investigation and hearings so that we can 
give them solutions and not just concerns. They need it, because their 
children's lives are lost.

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