[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18417]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HONORING THE LIFE OF NOHEMI GONZALEZ

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember Nohemi Gonzalez, a 
23-year-old Cal State Long Beach student whose life was cut short 
Friday night in the terrorist attacks in Paris.
  Nohemi was a shining star of the Cal State Long Beach design 
department. She was in Paris for the semester, studying at the Strate 
School of Design and traveling Europe. It was her first time abroad. 
Nohemi has been described as a cheerful soul and a self-driven young 
woman who had everything at her feet.
  My heart goes out to her mother, Beatriz; her longtime boyfriend, 
Tim; and all of her family and friends. I cannot imagine the pain they 
are feeling.
  This tragedy has brought home the devastation of terrorism, which 
often seems isolated and worlds away. Her murder has stunned all 
Americans, but it is particularly painful for the southern California 
delegation in Congress and the Long Beach and El Monte communities that 
lost one of their own.
  As we grieve for our own loss, we stand in solidarity with Paris and 
with the families of 129 victims killed in Friday's attacks. As French 
authorities continue raids to bring the perpetrators of this ungodly 
violence to justice, our hearts are with the people of France, our 
loyal friend and our earliest ally.

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