[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20206]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTING VICTIMS

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today to 
remember the victims of the tragic terrorist attack in San Bernardino, 
California.
  Among these victims was a young woman from my district named Tin 
Nguyen. She was from Santa Ana, California. Tin was only 31 years old, 
and she had been working for the San Bernardino County Department of 
Public Health for 4 years as a food inspector, and she was planning her 
wedding to her longtime boyfriend when she was taken on that day of the 
shooting.
  At the age of 8, Tin and her family fled Vietnam. They fled a war, 
famine, and all sorts of terrible situations to come and find a new 
life in California. Despite the challenges of being an immigrant, Tin 
graduated from Valley High School in Santa Ana, and she received her 
undergraduate degree from Cal State, Fullerton.
  Last Saturday, family and friends gathered at Saint Barbara's 
Catholic Church in Santa Ana to mourn the death of this young woman who 
was known for her incredible spirit and a heart bigger than the sun. 
Let us honor the memory of this extraordinary young woman. She gave so 
much, but her life was tragically cut short by these shootings.

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