Jeff Miller: “I join my colleagues and millions of Americans in their shock, sorrow and outrage at yesterday's horrific attack. I join…”

“I join my colleagues and millions of Americans in their shock, sorrow and outrage at yesterday's horrific attack. I join with them, too, in the resolution to stand united against terror and against cowards that would attack innocent men, women and children, and against the fear that would overthrow our liberty. We will recover. We will rebuild. And we will continue to stand proudly, a shining city on a hill, a target to many, but a beacon of hope to so many more. To the thousands of victims of yesterday's attack, and their family and friends, we offer nothing less than the full support of the most powerful nation on earth. All of us share in this tragedy, and my heart and prayers go out to the friends and family of the victims, including the two employees of the Census Bureau's New York Regional Office. Words cannot soothe the pain of this loss, but I pray that it is some consolation, to those who grieve, that a nation grieves with you. Already, the armies of compassion are mobilized. Amid yesterday's terrible destruction was also great heroism. Police, firemen, and rescue workers put themselves in grave danger in order to save the lives of others. Volunteers worked through the night. People lined up around the block and around the country to give blood. Yesterday was a call to action and America answered. No one answered more readily than our Commander in Chief.…”