[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 88 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H2560-H2561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        REMEMBERING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE UVALDE MASS SHOOTING

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with the heaviest of 
hearts to offer my sympathy and recognition to my fellow Texans and 
fellow Americans.

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  On this day, the unspeakable happened in Uvalde, Texas. It happened 
on the 24th. That weekend, I immediately went to Uvalde, simply wanting 
to embrace and to be able to understand what the parents could not 
speak.
  We worshipped in a church. We walked amongst the flowers. We hugged 
children. We saw 9-year-olds crying in utter pain because they lost 
their playmates.
  I remember the viciousness of the scene. The loved ones of these 
children and teachers have never gotten justice. There have been no 
answers. They have gone day after day asking what happened.
  They watched as children scrambled out of windows, looking to see if 
their child would come. No one helped in the midst of that crisis.
  I want us to look at those faces today. Let us mourn and seek justice 
for these families. I mourn them. I will take my moment of silence in 
honor of these beautiful children and teachers who died viciously on 
May 24.

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