[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     VEGAS STRONG RESILIENCY CENTER

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, on October 1, 2017, my district experienced 
the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history after a gunman 
opened fire at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas.
  Mr. Speaker, 58 lives were lost and two victims have died since then. 
The shooter injured thousands, and more than 800 survivors sustained 
severe injuries and unimaginable trauma that stays with them the rest 
of their lives.
  In the years that followed, the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, 
under the leadership of the Honorable Barbara Buckley, became a model 
for cities across the country grappling with this same kind of 
hardship.
  My office took notice, and I pushed for and eventually got $3 million 
in Federal funding to help build and develop a Vegas Strong Resiliency 
Center to continue serving these victims.
  Tennille Pereira, its executive director, was on the Hill today to 
accept an award from the Congressional Crime Survivors and Justice 
Caucus.
  I nominated them for that award because we see the effects of their 
work in our community every day--for every survivor persevering through 
this lingering trauma and for every grieving family member who has lost 
a loved one. This center has helped keep Vegas strong and moving 
forward.

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