On the recordMarch 5, 2008
I would close by just simply commending the State of Illinois, led by its Governor, its United States Senators, both Senators Durbin and Obama, Representative Manzullo, Representative Rahm Emanuel, the mayor of the City of DeKalb, all of the elected officials from the surrounding communities who joined the 10,000 people who came to a memorial service to express their sorrow, but also to express their sense of hope, to express their sense of frustration, to express their sense of solidarity with all of these students and their families, with the hope and the pledge that we will do everything in our power to try and make sure that this type tragedy does not continue to occur and reoccur on our college campuses across the Nation.
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