[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5179]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TRAGEDY AT THE BOSTON MARATHON

  Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I wish to begin by actually taking a 
moment to inform the Members of this body and people who may be 
listening, if you were not aware, it appears that a tragedy has struck 
at the Boston Marathon and bombs have gone off and there are injuries 
that we know of, casualties, the severity of which we do not yet know. 
We hope and pray there are no fatalities. Apparently, according to the 
news reports I have seen, it is too soon to know that with certainty.
  I know my good friend from West Virginia joins me in having our 
thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families of the 
very disturbing news we have just learned this afternoon.

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