‘Will Not Rest Until We Get These Answers’: Kelly Champions Task Force To Investigate Trump Shooting

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During House floor remarks before the House recess, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) spoke about the need for a task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

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00:00Texas is recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd now like to yield five minutes to the

00:04representative from Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly, the sponsor of this resolution.

00:08Gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for five minutes. I thank my

00:11friend from Texas. Mr. Speaker, tonight I rise in support of my resolution, H. Rez.

00:171367, which would establish a task force on the attempted assassination of former

00:23President Donald J. Trump. First, I want to recognize and honor the life of a true

00:27hero, Corey Compratore, who was tragically killed shielding his family

00:32from gunfire during former President Trump's campaign rally in my hometown of

00:37Butler, Pennsylvania, on July the 13th. I also want to take a moment to offer our

00:42thoughts and prayers for two Pennsylvanians who were also injured

00:46during the shooting and continue to recover. Mr. David Dutch of New

00:49Kensington, Pennsylvania, and Mr. James Koppenheimer of Moone Township,

00:53Pennsylvania, and of course to former President Trump and his recovery. He

00:57showed incredible strength in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

01:01First of all, Corey Compratore was a constituent of mine from Sarver,

01:04Pennsylvania. Corey graduated in 1992 from Freeport High School, went on to

01:09serve his country as a dedicated ten-year veteran of the United States

01:13Army Reserves. Corey's passion for his community and his Christian faith led

01:17him to serve as an active member at the Cabot Church and a member of the Buffalo

01:21Township Volunteer Fire Department, where he served as chief in the early

01:252000s. But above all, Corey was a loving husband and father. His obituary reads,

01:31the quintessential family man and the best girl dad. Together, his love

01:38for his wife, Helen, and his daughters, Allison and Kaylee Compratore, will carry

01:42on. We offer our thoughts and prayers to the friends and family of Corey

01:46Compratore. Mr. Speaker, on July 13th, 2004, the nation watched in horror as the

01:53gunman attempted to assassinate the Republican Party's nominee for president,

01:57former President Donald J. Trump. This day will go down in infamy in American

02:01history, but no more. So much of that, and then another place in my hometown of

02:06Butler, Pennsylvania, where it will always be remembered that the

02:10assassination of former President Donald Trump took place. Now, I've lived in

02:14Butler nearly my whole life. I went to high school there. My wife and I have

02:17raised our family there. I've coached Little League football and Little League

02:21baseball and our family businesses there. Now I'm fortunate enough to represent my

02:25town right here in the United States House of Representatives. I can tell you

02:29that my community is grieving. They are shocked by what happened in

02:34our backyard. The people of Butler and the people of the United States deserve

02:38answers. I'm proud to introduce this bill to establish a task force to get to the

02:43bottom of how this unthinkable tragedy could ever have occurred. This bipartisan

02:48task force will have investigative authority, including subpoena

02:52power, and to actually thoroughly analyze the circumstances

02:57surrounding the assassination attempt and ensure that these failures that

03:01occurred that day never happen again. I want to thank Speaker Johnson, Leader

03:04Scalise, Chairman Burgess, and our colleagues on the other side of the aisle

03:08for working with us to stand up this task force. When the American people lose

03:13faith and trust and confidence in their government, then the question is

03:17going to be, well, who's going to fix it? And the answer is we are. We are. In this

03:23house, we are the ones that are going to fix it. The American people deserve to

03:27know and we have the responsibility to find the answers for them. President

03:31Trump deserves answers. The Comperatore family deserves answers. And the American

03:35people deserve answers. Now I will not rest until we get these answers for all

03:41our constituents and all our fellow Americans. I urge my colleagues to

03:45support this bill and I yield back.

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