President Biden says on the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando that he will sign a bill naming the site as a national memorial.
WASHINGTON, DC – House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today marking f
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years since the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida: I join in marking the five-year anniversary of the horrific mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed forty-nine people. I will be thinking today of all the victims loved-ones and all those who still carry the scars of that day, both physical and psychological. Even though five years have now passed, that terrible day has not faded for these families and for the communities of which the victims were an integral part.
On Friday, Domestic Policy Advisor Susan Rice and White House Public Engagement Director and Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond hosted a virtual roundtable.