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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs |
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continues to exact a heavy toll on survivors, their loved ones, and |
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the families of the slain; and |
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WHEREAS, In the attack, 26 Texans were killed and 20 more were |
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wounded; today, survivors still struggle with impairments and |
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endure physical and emotional pain; injuries require ongoing care, |
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therapy, and psychological treatment, leaving families burdened by |
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medical expenses even as they adapt to lost income and earning |
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capacity; and |
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WHEREAS, The United States government has thus far failed to |
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extend the same level of support it has provided in the wake of |
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similar horrific incidents; it agreed to pay $88 million to the |
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families of nine people shot dead at Emanuel AME Church in |
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Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and it offered $127.5 million |
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to the families of those killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory |
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Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; and |
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WHEREAS, In the years to come, the aftereffects of the |
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Sutherland Springs shooting will remain a source of tremendous |
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suffering and hardship in the lives of those who survived, their |
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families, and the families of those who perished; and |
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WHEREAS, Their suffering and hardship deserves equitable |
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requital to their peers; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby urge the United States Congress to ensure that the survivors |
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and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting |
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receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those |
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impacted by similar incidents; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |