[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2424-2425]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    COMMEMORATING THE RECENT TRAGEDY AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Madam Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that I rise 
today to ask the House to observe a moment of silence for the tragedy 
that beset Northern Illinois 11 days ago. On the afternoon of February 
14, five bright, energetic young people, Gayle Dubowski, Juliana 
Gehant, Catalina Garcia, Ryanne Mace, and Daniel Parmenter, were killed 
and 16 others injured as a deranged gunman opened fire on students at 
Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, before committing 
suicide himself.
  Today, we grieve with our friends at NIU and millions around the 
world as

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we try to make sense of this unfathomable tragedy. Let us stand with 
and pray for the families of the victims and the 25,000 students who 
will have to deal with the aftermath of this senseless violence for 
years to come.
  I know others in the Illinois delegation join me in this House in 
extending our condolences to all concerned and commend the brave and 
noble actions of our first responders.
  We respectfully ask for a moment of silence to be observed in this 
body.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will rise and observe a moment of 
silence.

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