[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 103 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3398-S3399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS SHOOTINGS

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, last night, law enforcement apprehended 
the man suspected in the assassination of Minnesota State 
Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shootings of 
State Senator John Hoffman and his wife.
  We in the Senate thank our law enforcement for their remarkable work 
in bringing the attacker into custody. As we have all seen, the 
attacker planned to continue his killing spree had he not been thwarted 
and had a list of over 70 public officials potentially targeted for 
violence, including Members of the Senate. Naturally, a number of 
Members in the Senate remain profoundly shaken. The victims were 
friends of our colleagues from Minnesota. Some of them were together at 
a dinner the night before the shooting. To think that one moment, you 
can celebrate each other's company--laugh and joke, share a meal, a 
drink--only for violence to strike the next moment makes us all sick to 
our stomachs. It is haunting.

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  My prayers are with the families of the victims. I am heartbroken for 
the loss of Representative Hortman and her husband. I can't get their 
faces--those nice pictures of such nice people--out of my mind.
  On the other hand, I am glad to hear Senator Hoffman and his wife are 
making progress toward recovery. May God bless them all and their loved 
ones.

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