Bruce F. Vento: “I rise in support and join my colleagues in lamenting the assassination of Rosemary Nelson. With the prospect of the…”

“I rise in support and join my colleagues in lamenting the assassination of Rosemary Nelson. With the prospect of the Good Friday Accords in Northern Ireland and the fact that they are still being pursued, and we are hopeful that they will be brought to resolution, clearly this action against such a high-profile defense lawyer and defense representative in Northern Ireland was calculated to, in fact, stop those peace accords from going through, as other actions that have taken place have also been aimed at that; and I think all of us are hopeful that the Northern Ireland Government, the Government in the UK will recognize that the objectivity of the Royal Ulster Constabulary to in fact do this investigation has been forfeited because of the events that have occurred in the recent past and certainly with regards to Rosemary Nelson obviously, the testimony here, the fact that she feared them and so forth, I think is a statement that demonstrates that they have, in fact, compromised their neutrality in terms of being able to go forward with such investigation. I think that the government structure clearly want to and hope that they would like to get to the bottom of this, and so I think we must find an objective investigation that is independent to get to the bottom of it; and I think we should get to the bottom of it and prosecute those that are guilty of this assassination and proceed with the business at hand.”