Title: A resolution commemorating the 10th anniversary of the tragic events at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on April 16, 2007.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Recognizes the 32 victims who lost their lives as a result of the tragic events at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) on April 16, 2007.
Recognizes the 17 individuals who survived the shooting and supports the continued recovery of those survivors from physical and psychological wounds.
Offers condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
Expresses hope that the memory of each victim will live on.
Recognizes: (1) the resilience of the Virginia Tech community in the decade following the tragedy of April 16, 2007; and (2) that the perseverance of the Virginia Tech community serves as an example to communities that experience similar tragedies.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 142 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 142

  Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the tragic events at Virginia 
     Polytechnic Institute and State University on April 16, 2007.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2017

    Mr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Warner) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the tragic events at Virginia 
     Polytechnic Institute and State University on April 16, 2007.

    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the 32 victims who lost their lives as a 
        result of the tragic events at Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
        and State University (referred to as ``Virginia Tech'') on 
        April 16, 2007, Ross A. Alameddine, Christopher James Bishop, 
        Brian R. Bluhm, Ryan Christopher Clark, Austin Michelle Cloyd, 
        Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, Kevin P. Granata, Matthew Gregory 
        Gwaltney, Caitlin Millar Hammaren, Jeremy Michael Herbstritt, 
        Rachael Elizabeth Hill, Emily Jane Hilscher, Jarrett Lee Lane, 
        Matthew Joseph La Porte, Henry J. Lee, Liviu Librescu, G.V. 
        Loganathan, Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan, Lauren Ashley 
        McCain, Daniel Patrick O'Neil, Juan Ramon Ortiz-Ortiz, Minal 
        Hiralal Panchal, Daniel Alejandro Perez Cueva, Erin Nicole 
        Peterson, Michael Steven Pohle, Jr., Julia Kathleen Pryde, Mary 
        Karen Read, Reema Joseph Samaha, Waleed Mohamed Shaalan, Leslie 
        Geraldine Sherman, Maxine Shelly Turner, and Nicole Regina 
        White;
            (2) recognizes the 17 individuals who survived the shooting 
        and supports the continued recovery of those survivors from 
        physical and psychological wounds;
            (3) offers condolences to the families and friends of the 
        victims;
            (4) expresses hope that the memory of each victim will live 
        on; and
            (5) recognizes--
                    (A) the resilience of the Virginia Tech community 
                in the decade following the tragedy of April 16, 2007; 
                and
                    (B) that the perseverance of the Virginia Tech 
                community serves as an example to communities that 
                experience similar tragedies.
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