Political Quotes

“I salute and thank my colleague for putting this resolution together and allowing us to be here today. Mr. Speaker, all of San Diego, California, all of San Diego County California, all of California, all of America was impacted on March 5 when a senseless shooting at Santana High School took the lives of Bryan Zuckor and Randy Gordon and wounded 13 others. Do my colleagues know what? This time the feeling in this capital, when an event like this occurs is usually one of helplessness, because there is no legislation, there is no resolution, there is no law that can reverse what happened. But in San Diego, California, I want to let my colleagues know hope is reviving, with students and parents and teachers coming together to rebuild this community. There is one small thing that we can do here, and that is that we can condemn in the strongest possible terms the atrocities that occurred on March 5, 2001, in Santana High School. We can offer from this House our deepest condolences to the families, to the friends, and to the loved ones of those who were killed and wounded in this shooting. We can express hope for the rapid and complete recovery of those wounded in the shooting. And we can, Mr. Speaker, very importantly applaud the hard work and dedication exhibited by our local and State law enforcement officials and by all the others who offered support and assistance. They numbered, Mr. Speaker, in the thousands in this community.…”