[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8696-8697]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE ORLANDO ATTACK WAS AN ACT OF HATE

  (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart. This 
past weekend, our Nation suffered a terrible attack in an Orlando 
nightclub. This was an act of terror. This was an act of hate. This was 
an unacceptable, unfathomable tragedy.
  Our neighbors in Orlando remain in our thoughts and prayers. As we 
mourn the tragic loss of life, we must stay laser-focused on rooting 
out radicals in our Nation who heed the call to radical jihad and aim 
to harm our friends, neighbors, and families.
  We must provide law enforcement and intelligence officers the tools 
they need within constitutional restraints to prevent the spread of 
incitement to violence and to hunt down the radicals. Protecting our 
homeland should never be taken for granted.
  In light of this tragedy, we must unite and stand firm against the 
evil in the world. Orlando, we are here for you.

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