Reps. Demings, Murphy, and Soto Introduce Resolutoin to Commemorate One-Year Since Pulse Shooting

Statement

Representative Val Demings, (FL-10), Representative Stephanie Murphy, (FL-07), and Representative Darren Soto, (FL-09), introduced a resolution Monday in recognition of the one year passing since the Pulse tragedy.

An ISIS-inspired shooter killed 49 people, and wounded over 50 other people when he went into the Pulse Night Club in Orlando, Florida on June 12, 2016. The resolution remembers the victims, their families, and the survivors, and praises the city of Orlando for showing strength and resilience in the face of this tragedy.

"We will not forget the 49 men and women who were killed on June 12, 2016," said Representative Val Demings, whose district includes the Pulse night club.

"Our community is still healing, family and friends are still mourning the lives of their loved ones, and survivors are still recovering from tragedy."

The resolution also aims to reaffirm support for our first responders and show united opposition to terrorism, hatred, prejudice and violence.

"We in Congress cannot forget the victims, the survivors, the first responders, and the communities that are shattered at the hands of domestic terrorists. We must ensure we do everything we can to prevent future mass shootings, and take care of the people who are left standing in the wake of such tragedies," said Representatives Demings, Murphy and Soto.

The Pulse night club shooting is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States. The bipartisan resolution has over 140 original co-sponsors, including House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.

H. Res. ____
Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.

Whereas June 12, 2017, marks one year since of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, the
deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States;

Whereas, on June 12, 2016, an armed gunman opened fire killing approximately 49 people and wounding 53 others in place where members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer community were gathering for ""Latin Night'';

Whereas the city of Orlando has designated June 12, 2017, as ""Orlando United Day'', a day of love and kindness;

Whereas the community is coming together one year since the Pulse Nightclub shooting to show it stands behind the families who are still grieving their loved ones, and the survivors who are still putting the pieces together from lives that were shattered;

Whereas the city of Orlando has continued to support the victims, survivors, and first responders throughout the past year, a recovery process that is far from over;

Whereas the One Orlando Fund has distributed to victims and survivors over $27,000,000 raised through the support of people in Orlando, the Nation, and across the world in the past year; and

Whereas the Orlando community and Central Florida have been forever changed by the events of June 12, 2016:

Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

(1) remembers the victims, their families, the survivors, and the community on the one year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States;

(2) acknowledges the scars are still fresh and the community is still recovering from this tragedy;

(3) offers support to the brave men and women of the emergency response teams, law enforcement agencies who responded to the scene of the shooting, and the medical personnel who treated victims and survivors;

(4) acknowledges the threat of homegrown terrorists and will work together to ensure such a tragedy is not repeated; and

(5) stands united together against terrorism and hatred, and will not permit prejudice, violence, and fear to diminish the United States' ideals of compassion, liberty, equality, and freedom.

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