[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5446-5447]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING THE LIVES OF UGA STUDENTS LOST IN A TRAGIC 
                                ACCIDENT

  (Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, my friends and colleagues 
from the Georgia delegation and I rise in honor of the lives of four 
bright young University of Georgia students who were killed in a tragic 
car accident outside of Athens on Wednesday evening.
  We pray for and grieve for the families of Christina, Halle, Kayla, 
and Brittany, and the entire University of Georgia community. We also 
pray for Agnes, who remains in critical condition, that she may be 
healed.
  The remarkable impact of these women upon UGA's campus is evidenced 
by the thousands of students, faculty, and staff who gathered yesterday 
in an outpouring of love, support, and remembrance.
  Mr. Speaker, this tragedy is every parent's worst nightmare, and our 
hearts ache for these families.
  I ask all my colleagues and all of those watching to pray for these 
families and to join the Georgia delegation 

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in a moment of silence for 
Christina, Halle, Kayla, and Brittany, as well as for Agnes, and to 
know, in the words of Psalm 147:3: ``He heals the brokenhearted and 
binds their wounds.''
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members will please rise and join in a 
moment of silence.

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