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Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I am honored to join our senior Senator as he calls for a moment of silence to share in the sorrow of the families who lost their young college student children to this tragedy.

I would only ask that all of us, including anyone listening, just hold off and give these families a little bit of grace and peace as they deal with this loss. They were expecting to see these kids for the Christmas holidays. There are other kids who are in the hospital--in some cases, in fairly critical condition. Those families are not going to be spending Christmas around the tree at home; they are going to be spending Christmas in a State away from home where their children are in a hospital room, trying to be there for them.

So there is a good deal of suffering and a good deal of sorrow. I think it is important that people not add to that with a lot of unfounded opinion and speculation about what took place. Let the investigation proceed. We will know what we need to know in due time. In the meantime, please give these families grace as they go through their grief.

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