[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17289]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH NEWTOWN

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last Friday's massacre at 
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was 
heartbreaking. Americans are devastated as reports emerge detailing how 
a deranged individual murdered 20 innocent children, six heroic faculty 
members, and his mother before turning the gun on himself.
  As a husband to a former schoolteacher, a father, a grandfather, and 
an American, my thoughts and prayers are with the teachers, families, 
children, and first responders involved in last Friday's school 
shooting. Our hearts go out to the Newtown community as we mourn.
  This kind of senseless, horrific violence has no place in American 
society. As elected officials, it's our responsibility to make sure 
work is done to prevent these types of devastating events from ever 
happening again.
  I appreciate the Rotary Club of Newtown for its efforts to assist the 
victims of the Sandy Hook school tragedy, their families, and those in 
the Newtown community who have been affected.

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