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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 14 

Honoring the victims and heroes of the shooting on January 8, 2011 in 

Tucson, Arizona. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25 (legislative day, JANUARY 5), 2011 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. KYL, Mr. REID, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. AKAKA, 

Mr. ALEXANDER, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. 

BEGICH, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BLUNT, 

Mr. BOOZMAN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts, Mr. BROWN

of Ohio, Mr. BURR, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COATS, Mr. COBURN, Mr. COCHRAN, Ms. 

COLLINS, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORKER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

CRAPO, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. FRANKEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, 

Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HUTCHISON, 

Mr. INHOFE, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHANNS, Mr. JOHNSON

of Wisconsin, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KIRK, 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. KOHL, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. 

LEAHY, Mr. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. 

MANCHIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. MORAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON of 

Nebraska, Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. 

PRYOR, Mr. REED, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, 

Mr. SHELBY, Ms. SNOWE, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, 

Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. 

VITTER, Mr. WARNER, Mr. WEBB, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, and 

Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which was ordered held 

at the desk 

JANUARY 26, 2011 

Considered and agreed to 


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RESOLUTION 

Honoring the victims and heroes of the shooting on January 

8, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona. 

Whereas on January 8, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a 

‘‘Congress on your Corner’’ event hosted by Representative Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, killing 6 and 

wounding 13 others; 

Whereas Christina-Taylor Green, Dorothy Morris, John Roll, 

Phyllis Schneck, Dorwan Stoddard, and Gabriel Matthew 

Zimmerman lost their lives in this attack; 

Whereas Christina-Taylor Green, the 9-year-old daughter of 

John and Roxanna Green, was born on September 11, 

2001, and was a third grader with an avid interest in 

government who was recently elected to the student council at Mesa Verde Elementary School; 

Whereas Dorothy Morris, who was 76 years old, attended the 

January 8 event with George, her husband of over 50 

years with whom she had 2 daughters, and who was also 

critically injured as he tried to shield her from the shooting; 

Whereas John Roll, a Pennsylvania native who was 63 years 

old, began his professional career as a bailiff in 1972, 

was appointed to the Federal bench in 1991, and became 

chief judge for the District of Arizona in 2006, was a devoted husband to his wife Maureen, father to his 3 sons, 

and grandfather to his 5 grandchildren, and heroically attempted to shield Ron Barber from additional gunfire; 

Whereas Phyllis Schneck, a proud mother of 3, grandmother 

of 7, and great-grandmother from New Jersey, was 


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spending the winter in Arizona, and was a 79-year-old 

church volunteer and New York Giants fan; 

Whereas Dorwan Stoddard, a 76-year-old retired construction 

worker and volunteer at the Mountain Avenue Church of 

Christ, is credited with shielding his wife Mavy, a longtime friend whom he married while they were in their 

60s, who was also injured in the shooting; 

Whereas Gabriel Matthew Zimmerman, who was 30 years old 

and engaged to be married, served as Director of Community Outreach to Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 

and was a social worker before serving with Representative Giffords; 

Whereas Representative Gabrielle Giffords was a target of 

this attack, and was critically injured; 

Whereas 13 others were also wounded in the shooting, including Ron Barber and Pamela Simon, both staffers to Representative Giffords; and 

Whereas several individuals, including Patricia Maisch, Army 

Col. Bill Badger (Retired), who was also wounded in the 

shooting, Roger Salzgeber, Joseph Zamudio, Daniel Hernandez, Jr., Anna Ballis, and Dr. Steven Rayle helped 

apprehend the gunman and assist the injured, thereby 

risking their lives for the safety of others, and should be 

commended for their bravery: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) condemns in the strongest possible terms 

3 the horrific attack which occurred at the ‘‘Congress 

4 on your Corner’’ event hosted by Representative 

5 Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 

6 2011; 


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1 (2) offers its heartfelt condolences to the fami2 lies, friends, and loved ones of those who were killed 

3 in that attack; 

4 (3) expresses its hope for the rapid and com5 plete recovery of those wounded in the shooting; 

6 (4) honors the memory of Christina-Taylor 

7 Green, Dorothy Morris, John Roll, Phyllis Schneck, 

8 Dorwan Stoddard, and Gabriel Matthew Zimmer9 man; 

10 (5) applauds the bravery and quick thinking ex11 hibited by those individuals who prevented the gun12 man from potentially taking more lives and helped 

13 to save those who had been wounded; 

14 (6) recognizes the service of the first responders 

15 who raced to the scene and the health care profes16 sionals who tended to the victims once they reached 

17 the hospital, whose service and skill saved lives; 

18 (7) reaffirms the bedrock principle of American 

19 democracy and representative government, which is 

20 memorialized in the First Amendment of the Con21 stitution and which Representative Gabrielle Gif22 fords herself read in the Hall of the House of Rep23 resentatives on January 6, 2011, of ‘‘the right of the 

24 people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the 

25 Government for a redress of grievances’’; 


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1 (8) stands firm in its belief in a democracy in 

2 which all can participate and in which intimidation 

3 and threats of violence cannot silence the voices of 

4 any American; 

5 (9) honors the service and leadership of Rep6 resentative Gabrielle Giffords, a distinguished mem7 ber of the House of Representatives, as she coura8 geously fights to recover; and 

9 (10) when adjourning today, shall do so out of 

10 respect to the victims of this attack. 

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