[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 6933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TRAGEDY IN ALABAMA

  (Mr. BRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, as many of you have heard, a tragic shooting 
occurred yesterday in Geneva and Coffee Counties in Alabama. Without 
question, this is one of the worst tragedies our State and our Nation 
has seen in quite some time. My thoughts and prayers are with the 
families of the victims, and with the entire Wiregrass community in 
southeast Alabama.
  The details are still being confirmed, but I do know that our 
community owes a debt of gratitude to the local law enforcement 
officials who bravely put themselves in the line of fire. Without their 
swift actions and courage, the tragedy could have been even worse than 
it was yesterday.
  I will be returning to my district later today to assist local 
leaders and law enforcement officials in any way that I can and to be 
with my constituents as we mourn the loss of friends and neighbors.
  I ask that all of my colleagues here in the House and people watching 
right now from around the country keep the people of southeast Alabama 
in your thoughts and prayers.

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