Whereas June 12, 2017, marks one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States; Whereas, on June 12, 2016, an armed gunman opened fire killing approximately 49 people and wounding 53 others in a place where members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer community were gathering for Latin Night ; Whereas the city of Orlando has designated June 12, 2017, as Orlando United Day , a day of love and kindness; Whereas the community is coming together one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting to show it stands behind the families who are still grieving their loved ones, and the survivors who are still putting the pieces together from lives that were shattered; Whereas the city of Orlando has continued to support the victims, survivors, and first responders throughout the past year, a recovery process that is far from over; Whereas the One Orlando Fund has distributed to victims and survivors over $27,000,000 raised through the support of people in Orlando, the Nation, and across the world in the past year; and Whereas the Orlando community and Central Florida have been forever changed by the events of June 12, 2016: Now, therefore, be it