[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2650]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING KENT STATE

  (Mrs. SYKES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Speaker, in the words of Neil Young:

     Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
     We're finally on our own
     This summer I hear the drummin'
     Four dead in Ohio
     Gotta get down to it
     Soldiers are gunning us down
     Should have been done long ago
     What if you knew her and
     Found her dead on the ground?
     How can you run when you know?
     Gotta get down to it
     Soldiers are cutting us down
     Should have been done long ago
     What if you knew her and
     Found her dead on the ground?
     How can you run when you know?
     Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
     We're finally on our own
     This summer I hear the drummin'
     Four dead in Ohio
     Four dead in Ohio
     Four dead in Ohio
     Four dead in Ohio

  Mr. Speaker, those are the lyrics to the song ``Ohio,'' written after 
the National Guard was deployed at Kent State University, killing four 
students and wounding nine others.
  As a bright-eyed 17-year-old, I started college at Kent State 
University. I lived in Prentice Hall. In the parking lot lies a 
memorial where each student who was killed by the Ohio National Guard 
died. It is still there, and it serves as a reminder to all who pass by 
of what happens when you deploy the military against its own citizens.
  The lives of Allison Krause, William Schroeder, Jeffrey Miller, and 
Sandra Scheuer were cut too short but should not be in vain because we 
know the consequences of what happens when the National Guard is 
deployed against its citizens: tragedy, four dead in Ohio.

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