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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, you and I are the elected representatives of our States, and sometimes we speak not on behalf of ourselves but on behalf of our entire State. Now is one of those times.
that I spoke to on this floor last week. Now I speak for all in Louisiana who feel grief at the mass shooting in Baton Rouge last week, and our whole State feels this grief. We all grieve.
American who played basketball for LSU. He called to say that he, as a parent, felt the grief of this young lady's family, and it was Collis who compelled me to speak today because every family can imagine no longer having their child or their sibling.
We all grieve. Every classmate can picture walking to school and seeing an empty chair where their classmate once sat.
We all grieve. Every friend can imagine going on a carefree senior skip day. If you are older than 18, you can remember when you were once 18 and something awful happened—indeed, every friend grieves.
What do we say when words fail? We can say that all, in my State, in my country, are deeply and profoundly sorry and that all of Louisiana grieves with Martha's family.
for the life of Martha Odom, for everyone who loved her, loves her still, and will always love her.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.