Other americans responded to this tragedy in ways that remind us how much stronger we are when we re united. when the congressional baseball game was played just one day later, nearly 25,000 people turned out. by far, a record. they raised more than $1.5 million for charity, also by far a record. the citizens of steve s home parish organized a blood drive in his name and vice president pence donated his blood at the congressional blood drive. thank you, mike. just recently, house republicans and democrats introduced a bill to provide support to capitol police officers who are injured on duty.
Officers nicole bataglia, kevin jobe and alex jenson joined the fight. special agent griner was shot in the leg, visited her in the hospital. she was hurt badly. shrapnel injured special agent bailey as bullets swirled all around him. despite their injuries, both officers heroically continued to face down the gunman until they brought him down. he had rifles. they had handguns. a big difference. these officers saved the lives of every innocent person on the field that day. many of them friends of mike and myself. they re american heros, and we salute them. [applause]
Other americans responded to this tragedy in ways that remind us how much stronger we are when we re united. when the congressional baseball game was played just one day later, nearly 25,000 people turned out, by far a record. they raised more than $1.5 million for dhacharity, al by far a record. the citizens of steve s home parish organized a blood drive in his name, and vice president pence donated his blood at the congressional blood drive. thank you, mike. just recently house republicans and democrats introduced a bill to provide support to capitol police officers who are injured
Jobe, and alex jensen joined the fight. special agent griner was shot in the leg. i visited her in the hospital. she was hurt very badly. and shrapnel injured special agent bailey as bullets swirled all around him. despite their injuries, both officers heroically continued to face down the gunman until they brought him down. and he had rifles. they had handguns. it s a big difference. these officers saved the lives of every innocent person on the field that day. many of them friends of mike and myself. they are american heroes and we salute them.
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