[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5214]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR VICTIMS OF BOSTON MARATHON EXPLOSIONS

  (Mr. CAPUANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the people in 
Boston who lost their lives and the many others who were seriously 
injured today. I hesitate to call what the event was; but whatever it 
was, it was a terrible tragedy. No matter how you measure it, whether 
official or unofficial terrorism, anyone who acts in such a manner is 
clearly an evil person and deserves to be called as such.
  I know that today the rest of America stands with us, as we have 
stood with others before us, hopefully to never have to do it again. 
This event was not just a Boston event. The Boston Marathon is an 
international event that draws people from around the world. I would 
not be shocked if many of the people injured today were not just from 
Massachusetts. They're probably from other States and possibly--
probably--other countries.
  Today is a holiday in Massachusetts. It's a State holiday called 
Patriots Day. It's the day that we celebrate the actions of our 
patriots back in 1776 that started the Revolution that brought to birth 
this country. We remind ourselves regularly what it is to be an 
American, what it is to be a patriot, what it is to be a member of a 
society that cares for each other.
  I know that the Members of this House will join me in wishing well 
all those people who were injured and sending our deepest condolences 
and sympathies to those people who were killed, as well as wishing well 
our men and women of law enforcement. I have absolutely full faith and 
confidence that they will find the people that have done this and bring 
them to justice so that we can all rest a little easier at some point.
  The SPEAKER. The House will now observe a moment of silence in memory 
of the victims of today's attack in Boston.

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