A resolution commemorating June 17, 2025, as the tenth anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting.
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Passed
Latest Action · June 17, 2025
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3413-3414; text: CR S3438-3439)
This Senate resolution commemorates the tenth anniversary of the June 17, 2015, mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine African-American parishioners during a prayer meeting. The resolution honors each of the nine victims by name and details their contributions to their community, including Reverend Clementa Pinckney, who was a South Carolina state senator, librarian Cynthia Hurd, and several other church ministers and longtime members. The resolution notes that Roof was convicted on federal hate crime charges and sentenced to death, while also receiving life sentences without parole on state charges. As a commemorative resolution, it does not involve any funding or create new programs, but serves as the Senate's formal recognition of this tragic hate crime and tribute to the victims' memories. The resolution was sponsored by South Carolina Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham, along with Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.
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