The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill that would designate the Pulse nightclub as a national memorial.
A press release that U.S. Reps. Darren Soto, Val Demings, and Stephanie Murphy released notes House Resolution 3094 “grants a federal designation honoring the 49 lives taken on June 12, 2016, as well as the survivors, first responders and the entire Central Florida community.” Soto, Demings and Murphy are Democrats who represent Orlando in Congress. “I am grateful that the House has passed our legislation to make the Pulse site a national memorial,” said Demings. “We will always honor the family, friends, and neighbors we lost that night.