[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7024-7025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     SENSELESS VIOLENCE IN COLORADO

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, like my colleagues here, we all rise today 
to express our grief and sadness to the families of Littleton, 
Colorado, and once again the television sets across this country have 
flashed the words, ``breaking news.'' This is another incident of 
violence that has occurred at one of our Nation's schools.
  Yesterday, senseless and tragic shooting at Columbine High School is 
another painful reminder of the risk our children face every day as 
they attend school.
  Last year in my district I held several townhall meetings to discuss 
the issue of school violence. The interest generated by these forums 
provided an important dialogue for community leaders across Nevada. 
They are doing an important job in helping to find the solutions to 
prevent these terrible incidents from occurring in our State.

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  As Members of Congress, we have the responsibility to work in a 
bipartisan manner to provide our teachers, parents, students and school 
officials with a safe, drug-free learning environment. Our students, 
their education, their future and their safety demand no less.
  Mr. Speaker, with a heavy heart, I yield back the balance of my time 
and pray for the families in Colorado.

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