[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 101 (Thursday, June 12, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H2813-H2814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PULSE SHOOTING ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, 9 years ago today, 49 lives were stolen and 
ripped away from us at Pulse nightclub in my district, in my home of 
Orlando, Florida, a safe haven for Orlando's LGBTQ+ community that was 
turned into the site of unimaginable horror and a mass grave.
  Pulse was more than just a club. It was love. It was joy. It was 
freedom and a space for a community facing constant adversity, from our 
State, and people like in our inner administration.
  Just today, Governor Ron DeSantis deleted from the annual anniversary 
statement the words and acronyms ``LGBTQ+'' and ``Hispanic,'' when most 
of the people who were killed that day were from the LGBTQ+ community 
and Hispanic. This was armed bigotry, and it was armed hate.
  I am oftentimes asked why I don't join moments of silence that 
include Republicans for gun violence, and the reason why is because 
they refuse to do anything about it. I am not going to be a prop in 
some social media video that is posted later to placate constituents 
about ending gun violence. I am going to continue to honor them with 
action, not just with thoughts and prayers.

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