mr. mcgarvey: thank you, mr. speaker, i rise today -- i rise this week with a heavy heart. it is exactly one year since tragedy struck my community in louisville, kentucky. it was just last year, it was a monday morning, the day after easter, the first day back from spring break, you know what kind of day this was, it's a kentucky spring day. the air was crisp. the sun was bright, it was perfect. that type of spring morning that had families heading back into school and heading us back into work with a since of rebirth and renewal. unfortunately, it didn't last. spring's ritual beauty was shattered by the unfamiliar boons from ar-15, the smells of smoke, the sounds of sirens, of screams. it was a monday morning, april 10, 2023, that a lone gunman took an assault rifle into the old national bank on main street in louisville and opened fire on his colleagues and took the lives of five innocent people. josh barrett, dena eckert, jim tut, juliana farmer and my friend tommy elliott. eight other people were injured, including officer nick wilt. he was in just his fourth shift as