MATSUI HOLDS MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING VICTIMS OF SACRAMENTO SHOOTING

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-06) held a moment of silence on the House floor to honor the victims of yesterday morning’s mass shooting in downtown Sacramento.

Her remarks are available below:

Mr. Speaker, I rise today heartbroken, full of pain and sadness for my district, my hometown of Sacramento.

Very early yesterday morning, I got an alert that there was a mass shooting. I wondered – now where? I read the words – Sacramento. This terrible violence has come home – to my home of Sacramento.

Sacramento experienced the deadliest mass shooting in the city’s history. Six members of our community were killed, and 12 were sent to local hospitals.

Our Sacramento community is hurting. This tragedy has touched every single one of us – and I really deeply appreciate the outpouring of support for the lives lost from all of you and all of those around the nation.

Sacramento is a truly special place. We deeply care for each other. We work together. We are resilient, and we show compassion when our neighbors are in pain.

Our entire community has come together in the wake of this tragedy — to pray for the victims and their loved ones – and to support the efforts of our community responders and the law enforcement officers who are still hard at work.

As Sacramentans, we are still in the early hours and the first day of our grief. These were our neighbors, our friends and our family members. And while we will never be able to fill the space of a lost loved one, we can all reach out, embrace them, and make sure that the love they hold for those lost endures in us all. I want to name the ones we lost.

Sergio Harris, 38 years old

Melinda Davis, 57 years old

Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21 years old

Johntaya Alexander, 21 years old

DeVazia Turner, 29 years old

Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32 years old

Right now, we are bound in grief, in love, but also in our resolve to do better. We cannot go on accepting that shootings like this are inevitable. If we can prevent even one more tragedy like this, spare other families and communities from feeling this pain – then we have to come together and act. We cannot and will not be passive in the face of such senseless violence.

I now ask my colleagues and all Americans to join me in a moment of silence for the victims of this terrible tragedy – for their loved ones, for those still fighting to recover, and for our entire Sacramento community. Let us together mourn and pray for them during this difficult time.

Thank you, everyone. With that, I yield back.

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