[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19199]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING EZRA SCHWARTZ

  (Mrs. WALORSKI asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WALORSKI. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness and a heavy 
heart that I rise today to honor and remember 18-year-old Ezra 
Schwartz, a Massachusetts teenager whose life was tragically taken in 
Israel last month. Ezra was spending his gap year studying at a yeshiva 
in Israel and was one of the three people shot and killed last week by 
a Palestinian terrorist.
  The continued violent attacks targeting Israeli civilians are, 
without qualification or exception, acts of terror and deserve full 
condemnation. Attacks on innocent civilians, whether they are American, 
Israeli, or Palestinian, have zero justification, and our response to 
such terrorism cannot be silence.
  My heart and prayers go out to the friends and family of Ezra, and we 
honor those whose lives have been lost by such hateful actions.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in remembering the young life of Ezra 
Schwartz.

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