H.C.R. No. 36
 
 
 
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         WHEREAS, The 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs
  continues to exact a heavy toll on survivors, their loved ones, and
  the families of the slain; and
         WHEREAS, In the attack, 26 Texans were killed and 20 more were
  wounded; today, survivors still struggle with impairments and
  endure physical and emotional pain; injuries require ongoing care,
  therapy, and psychological treatment, leaving families burdened by
  medical expenses even as they adapt to lost income and earning
  capacity; and
         WHEREAS, The United States government has thus far failed to
  extend the same level of support it has provided in the wake of
  similar horrific incidents; it agreed to pay $88 million to the
  families of nine people shot dead at Emanuel AME Church in
  Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and it offered $127.5 million
  to the families of those killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory
  Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; and
         WHEREAS, In the years to come, the aftereffects of the
  Sutherland Springs shooting will remain a source of tremendous
  suffering and hardship in the lives of those who survived, their
  families, and the families of those who perished; and
         WHEREAS, Their suffering and hardship deserves equitable
  requital to their peers; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby urge the United States Congress to ensure that the survivors
  and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting
  receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those
  impacted by similar incidents; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
  copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
  the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
  Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
  members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
  this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
  memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
 
  Guillen
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 36 was adopted by the House on April
  20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.C.R. No. 36 was adopted by the Senate on May
  17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
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                Governor