[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  AURORA THEATER SHOOTING ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. CROW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the victims of the 
horrific mass shooting at a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, 
Colorado, 12 years ago. Each year, July 20 brings back the shock and 
pain that reverberated across Aurora and the Nation.
  Mr. Speaker, 12 lives were brutally cut short, and countless others 
were forever changed. The pain still echoes through our community, a 
constant reminder of the devastating toll of gun violence.
  I remember the victims, A.J.; Alex; Alexander; Gordon; Jesse; 
Jessica; John; Jonathan; Matt; Micayla; Rebecca; and Veronica; their 
families; and the survivors who still bear the scars of that night.
  I think of the heroes who risked their lives to shield and save 
others. Their bravery provided a beacon of hope in immense darkness.
  We must not grow numb to the pain of that day. We must use their 
memory to continue to fight for commonsense gun reform.
  May we never forget the lives lost in Aurora.

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