[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7026]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   GRIEVING FOR VICTIMS OF SENSELESS VIOLENCE IN LITTLETON, COLORADO

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, first, Pearl, Mississippi; then, West 
Paducah, Kentucky; then Jonesboro, Arkansas; then Edinboro, 
Pennsylvania; then Springfield, Ohio; and now, Littleton, Colorado. It 
all seems too much to bear.
  We have no cure-all answers, quick and easy solutions, only questions 
and prayers. Parents pray for many things in life: that their children 
grow up to share the same values they tried to teach them, that they 
realize all their hopes and dreams, that they feel love, and that they 
love people and life.
  One thing they all pray for is that their children spend their days 
in a safe and wholesome environment at school. There are too many 
schools in America where the children are not safe, where the 
environment is not wholesome, where positive values and experience do 
not triumph. It is a failing, and we must work together to answer the 
prayers of parents who worry every night about their children's safety.
  Today we express our sorrow. We all pray and grieve for those 
suffering from the senseless violence in Colorado.

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