[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8819]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE

  Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, the Virginia Tech community is grieving 
this afternoon, and our country grieves with them. To see so many young 
people taken from us with their lives ahead of them is an unspeakable 
horror, one that words simply cannot capture.
  Oregonians saw a horrible school shooting in 1998, and I know that 
across my State, Oregonians this afternoon are sending their prayers to 
the Virginia Tech community. I join with those Oregonians in sending 
our prayers to the Virginia Tech family, and on behalf of the people of 
my State, I want those at Virginia Tech to know they are in our hearts 
and minds at this critical hour and during this time of unspeakable 
tragedy.
  (The remarks of Mr. Wyden pertaining to the introduction of S. IIII 
are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Webb). The Senator from Texas.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 
15 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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