88R11051 KSM-D     By: Guillen H.C.R. No. 36       CONCURRENT RESOLUTION          WHEREAS, The 2017 mass shooting in Sutherland Springs   continues to exact a heavy toll on survivors, their loved ones, and   the families of the slain; and          WHEREAS, In the attack, 26 Texans were killed and 20 more were   wounded; today, survivors still struggle with impairments and   endure physical and emotional pain; injuries require ongoing care,   therapy, and psychological treatment, leaving families burdened by   medical expenses even as they adapt to lost income and earning   capacity; and          WHEREAS, The United States government has thus far failed to   extend the same level of support it has provided in the wake of   similar horrific incidents; it agreed to pay $88 million to the   families of nine people shot dead at Emanuel AME Church in   Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and it offered $127.5 million   to the families of those killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory   Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; and          WHEREAS, In the years to come, the aftereffects of the   Sutherland Springs shooting will remain a source of tremendous   suffering and hardship in the lives of those who survived, their   families, and the families of those who perished; and          WHEREAS, Their suffering and hardship deserves equitable   requital to their peers; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas   hereby urge the United States Congress to ensure that the survivors   and surviving families of the Sutherland Springs mass shooting   receive compensation equivalent to the relief provided to those   impacted by similar incidents; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to   the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of   Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the   members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that   this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a   memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.