On the recordJanuary 12, 2011
I thank our leader for the time. Just a few days ago, one of our own, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was gravely injured as a result of a terrible act of an unbalanced individual. Americans were profoundly shocked and saddened and continue to be by this deplorable act of violence which resulted in the unjust deaths of six innocent individuals and a struggle to survive for others, including our own Gabby. Among those who lost their lives, we know that the list is lamentably long: the Honorable John Roll, a Federal judge who went by just to say hi to his friend, Gabby; and Christina Taylor Green, a 9-year-old girl, who had just been chosen to serve in her school's student council and was taken to Gabby's 'Congress on Your Corner' event by a family friend who wanted to get her interested in public affairs; and Gabe Zimmerman, a member of Gabby's loyal staff who had an enormous heart and was recently engaged to be married. It is difficult to make sense of this tragedy, but all Americans stand with Gabby and her family and the families of all the victims throughout this painful time.
