Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary and Homeland Security and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, released the following statement on the mass shooting in Nevada that claimed the lives of over fifty and injured more than four hundred at a country music concert.

“Today, we wake up to the news that what is being called the worst mass shooting in our nations’ recent history, has claimed more than 50 lives and injured hundreds more. My thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, the first responders and the people of Nevada. May God bless them all.”