[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 27017]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE CLEVELAND SHOOTING

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Madam Speaker, Members of the House that are 
still here this afternoon, and people of America, I ask you to join 
with me in a moment to say prayers for the families of the victims from 
the Cleveland shooting this afternoon.
  It is unfortunate that we as a Nation once again face a shooting in a 
public schoolhouse. It is unfortunate that we once again face children 
who have access to guns in an educational environment.
  I ask you to pray for the family of the young man who was the 
shooter. I ask you to pray for the families of the persons who were 
injured in this shooting.
  Day after day we will get all kinds of questions about what happened 
and how it happened and what we could have done. But today is a day 
when we should stop and just for a moment say prayers on behalf of all 
those families.
  The city of Cleveland is my home. I grew up there. I currently 
represent it, and I ask you to hold us in your thoughts and prayers and 
pray that God will give us the strength and the ability to work through 
this difficult time.

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