On the recordSeptember 28, 2017
This has been a day that answered a lot of our prayers seeing our good friend Steve Scalise here, and it brings to mind part of the story of that tragic morning that I haven't heard told anywhere else. One of our Members, Georgia Congressman Barry Loudermilk, was there, and he was--the shooter started from behind the third base dugout and hit Steve Scalise right away. It was so deeply touching to hear Steve's words today. It is just rather emotional seeing so many of our prayers answered, seeing Steve return to the House. That morning, Barry was saying that he was behind a little closet area, and as the shooter was moving toward the first base side continuing to shoot, Matt Mika had already been shot and was down, and Barry realized that he had no place to go. He looked for places to run, and there was no place to run. The shooting had been going on for a while, perhaps 9 or 10 minutes at that point. Capitol Police Officer Griner was there. She and David Bailey, the other Capitol Police officer, were using their suburban for cover and shooting at the shooter--the hate-filled leftist who felt like it was a good idea to kill as many Republicans in Congress as he could. It was gratifying to hear that admission from our friend from Maryland, former majority leader Hoyer, that it was hateful. He was full of hate. He was a leftist who had supported Bernie Sanders. It is not Bernie's Sanders' fault.…
