[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8924-8925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, before I begin my statement with respect 
to tax day, I wish to pause and express on behalf of the people of Utah 
our great sympathy for and anguish over the tragedy that has occurred 
in the State of Virginia.
  I was once a resident of the State of Virginia, and I now am a 
physical resident of the State of Virginia while remaining a legal 
resident of Utah, and I feel close to the people of Virginia.
  Virginia is known for its system of colleges spread throughout the 
State, in magnificent rural settings. Blacksburg, VA, is one of those 
settings, and Virginia Tech is one of those colleges. It comes as an 
enormous shock, and a sense of horror, to discover that a single 
student can be sufficiently disturbed in this quiet kind of setting to 
vent all of his demons in such a manner.
  I want the people of Virginia and the students and parents of 
Virginia Tech

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to know they are not alone in their horror and their grief and to share 
that on behalf of the people of Utah whom I represent.

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