The Hill News

This week, we pause the work of this House to mourn the lost lives of six of our fellow citizensâ€"one born on that day of tragedy and carnage when thousands were slain in an equally indiscriminate, heinous act of hateâ€"citizens shot dead on Saturday in Tucson, Arizona in pursuit of their 'right to peaceably assemble.' We come, as well, to honor those who risked their lives to save others; to pray for the lives of the wounded; and to pray for our colleague and friend, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Today, this temple of representative democracy is a sadder place. But Congresswoman Giffords, with her intelligence and her toughness, her public spirit and her charm, willâ€"God willing and with the extraordinary medical care she is receivingâ€"soon return to this body and again be a practitioner of and model for the principles of civil debate and thoughtful deliberation on which this temple is founded.

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