[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H574]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            REMEMBERING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MSU SHOOTING

  (Ms. SLOTKIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SLOTKIN. Mr. Speaker, today we mark the first anniversary of the 
shooting at Michigan State University that took the lives of Arielle 
Anderson, Brian Fraser, and Alexandria Verner, and physically injured 
five others.
  I spent today's anniversary on campus in East Lansing, where I saw 
firsthand how the pain and trauma of that terrible day continues to 
reverberate throughout the Spartan community.
  I was heartened to see so many people turn their emotions into action 
through the day of service activities offered at the East Lansing 
Hannah Community Center and International Center.
  As the first Member of Congress that we can find who has faced two 
school shootings, both at MSU and Oxford High School, I know too well 
how these events rip a hole in the lives of the community, one that 
remains long beyond the headlines.
  A place that is burned into my brain is the place I spent the night 
that evening a year ago--the East Lansing Police Department--as the 
hours-long manhunt went on. It seemed fitting to go back today to thank 
them, the fire department, and the first responders.
  We have responded in Michigan. In response to the MSU shooting, the 
Michigan legislature stepped up and passed the most robust and 
comprehensive gun safety legislation in our history.
  In our courts, we just recently convicted the mother of the shooter 
in the Oxford High School shooting. We are setting an example of how to 
respond when our kids are crying out for leadership.

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