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Section 1
That the Senate— commemorates June 17, 2025, as the tenth anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting; remembers that in the face of unimaginable pain, the church stood firm in faith, a living reminder that— as Romans 8:28 says, in all things God works for the good of those who love him; and 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’; honors the victims' memory, their legacy, and the enduring hope that evil never has the final word; and remembers each victim of the shooting— Reverend Clementa Pinckney; Reverend Sharonda Coleman-Singleton; Cynthia Hurd; Susie Jackson; Ethel Lance; Reverend DePayne Middleton-Doctor; Tywanza Sanders; Reverend Daniel Simmons Sr.; Myra Thompson; Polly Sheppard; Jennifer Pinckney; Felicia Sanders; and two minor children.