Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you. Many thanks to my colleague, Senator Klobuchar, for her heartfelt words. So I rise today because my friend, Melissa Hortman, speaker emerita of the Minnesota State House, was shot and killed Saturday morning along with her husband, Mark, in a tragic, politically motivated attack. Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were also shot a total of 17 times. And Yvette incredibly and selflessly used her own body to shield their daughter from the attacker. (00:10–00:27)
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