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A resolution commemorating June 17, 2025, as the tenth anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting.
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That the Senate— (1) commemorates June 17, 2025, as the tenth anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting; (2) remembers that in the face of unimaginable pain, the church stood firm in faith, a living reminder that— (A) as Romans 8:28 says, in all things God works for the good of those who love him; and (B) as Matthew 18:21–22 teaches, Peter came up and said to him, Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times? [and] Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times’; (3) honors the victims' memory, their legacy, and the enduring hope that evil never has the final word; and (4) remembers each victim of the shooting— (A) Reverend Clementa Pinckney; (B) Reverend Sharonda Coleman-Singleton; (C) Cynthia Hurd; (D) Susie Jackson; (E) Ethel Lance; (F) Reverend DePayne Middleton-Doctor; (G) Tywanza Sanders; (H) Reverend Daniel Simmons Sr.; (I) Myra Thompson; (J) Polly Sheppard; (K) Jennifer Pinckney; (L) Felicia Sanders; and (M) two minor children.