R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately convey the deep shock and 1-2 sorrow felt by all Texans, and those across the nation, at the 1-3 tragic loss of life that has occurred in Littleton, Colorado; and 1-4 WHEREAS, At approximately 11:30 a.m., on April 20, 1999, two 1-5 heavily armed students at Columbine High School entered the school 1-6 grounds and began firing at people; by the time the shooting had 1-7 ended, the gunmen had killed more than a dozen and wounded at least 1-8 23 people, most of them fellow students, before taking their own 1-9 lives in the school library; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The loss of so many young lives has created a void 1-11 that can never be filled for survivors and their families; our 1-12 thoughts and prayers are with them on this solemn day, and it is 1-13 fitting at this time that we remember the individuals who were 1-14 killed or injured in this tragic event; now, therefore, be it 1-15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 1-16 Legislature hereby honor the memory of the students and teachers of 1-17 Columbine High School who lost their lives in this horrific event 1-18 and extend deepest sympathy to all those whose lives have been 1-19 profoundly affected by this tragedy; and, be it further 1-20 RESOLVED, That when the Texas House of Representatives 1-21 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of the innocent victims who 1-22 died in the Littleton, Colorado, shooting. Wilson Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso Alexander Goodman Morrison Allen Goolsby Mowery Alvarado Gray Naishtat Averitt Green Najera Bailey Greenberg Nixon Berman Grusendorf Noriega Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira Bosse Haggerty Olivo Brimer Hamric Palmer Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts Burnam Hawley Puente Capelo Heflin Ramsay Carter Hilbert Rangel Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas Christian Hinojosa Ritter Clark Hochberg Sadler Coleman Hodge Salinas Cook Homer Seaman Corte Hope Shields Counts Howard Siebert Crabb Hunter Smith Craddick Hupp Smithee Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford Davis of Dallas Junell Talton Delisi Keel Telford Denny Keffer Thompson Deshotel King of Parker Tillery Driver King of Uvalde Truitt Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris Dutton Lengefeld Uher Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte Eiland Longoria Walker Elkins Luna West Ellis McCall Williams Farabee McClendon Wilson Farrar McReynolds Wise Flores Madden Wohlgemuth Gallego Marchant Wolens Garcia Maxey Woolley George Merritt Yarbrough Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 698 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on April 21, 1999. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House