[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          REMEMBERING TWO YOUNG MICHIGANDERS KILLED IN ORLANDO

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember two young 
Michiganders who tragically were among the 49 people who lost their 
lives in Orlando on Sunday.
  Tevin Crosby, from Saginaw, Michigan, was just 25 years old. He was 
on a trip visiting family in North Carolina and went on to Florida to 
see some friends and some colleagues. He was a young businessowner. He 
was described as a rising star, according to his friends and his 
colleagues. An employee at his company told The Saginaw News that he 
was always smiling and always positive.
  Michigan also lost Christopher ``Drew'' Leinonen, who was a native of 
Detroit. His mother, Christine, told ABC that her son established the 
gay-straight alliance at his high school and received a humanitarian 
award for his effort. Juan Ramon Guerrero, the man he planned to wed, 
was also killed.
  My heart aches for Tevin and Drew's families and their loved ones and 
all those who were killed over the weekend. This was an act of terror 
against the LGBT community.
  As our Nation heals from this tragedy, Congress must turn our 
country's grief into action. There is no place for weapons of war on 
the streets of America's cities, murdering our children. This Congress 
has it within its hands to act, and this Congress needs to act.

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