Steve Cohen: “I appreciate the colleagues that have joined me today for our 30-minute Special Order, and this is a special Special…”

“I appreciate the colleagues that have joined me today for our 30-minute Special Order, and this is a special Special Order. This Special Order is particularly relevant because this is the third anniversary of the shooting in Tucson that took six lives and injured 13 people, including our colleague, Gabby Giffords. And when I say ``our colleague,'' it is our colleague of all of us here in the House of Representatives, but as a member of the class of '06 of which Representative Giffords is, we take special significance in this day because she was one of our prized Members. We all loved her, and we all miss her. The class of '06 is a close class, and we are joined here by one of the presidents of the class of '06, Mr. Yarmuth, and Mr. Perlmutter, an active member of the class of '06, and there will be other members here, as well. We want to express our remembrances of Gabby, and particularly the article that she wrote that is in today's New York Times, an op-ed called ``The Lessons of Physical Therapy.'' It is a very touching article that talks about her recovery and her indomitable spirit where she tells about her exercises every day to get back her strength and to be able to recover speech and physical mobility. Today, in fact, she skydived. She is a great spirit who has not let the problems that she has experienced limit her in any ways more than they have, and she is trying to overcome these obstacles and teach people that they can overcome obstacles.…”