[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 84 (Monday, May 19, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING THOSE SUFFERING IN THE WAKE OF DEADLY 
                               TORNADOES

  (Mr. BELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, May 16, deadly tornadoes ripped 
across the heart of our country, leaving a path of destruction through 
Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and Virginia. Dozens of lives 
were lost. Families were shattered, and entire neighborhoods were 
reduced to debris.
  In Missouri, we are grieving. We know families in Kentucky, Illinois, 
Indiana, and Virginia are, as well, facing unimaginable loss and the 
hard days ahead. Families who just days ago were living their everyday 
lives are now grieving loved ones, searching for the missing, and 
trying to put the pieces back together.
  In times like these, we must set aside our divisions. We remember our 
shared humanity, and we stand with our neighbors, no matter the 
distance between us.
  Mr. Speaker, for those we have lost, those still fighting to recover, 
and the families forever changed by this tragedy, I ask my colleagues 
to join me in a moment of silence.

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