[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11504]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             TRAYVON MARTIN

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Trayvon Martin, a young 
constituent of mine that lived only blocks away from me, was brutally 
murdered in Sanford, Florida.
  I know within my heart and will always know that things should have 
been different. But I accept the law. I was one of the loudest voices 
calling for a fair trial for Trayvon after he was profiled racially. He 
was followed, he was harassed, and he was shot in the heart.
  On Sunday, in Miami-Dade County, all of the churches held prayer 
services. All of the churches prayed for the Martin and Fulton 
families. All of us are so saddened because we have lost our son, our 
son Trayvon, who was only 16 years old. He had only been 17 for 2 
weeks.
  God bless our justice system, that they will see that it should not 
end here. We must make sure that justice prevails for Trayvon Martin.

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