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- The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a resolution Wednesday condemning the "horrific" Arizona shooting rampage, as President Barack Obama prepares to attend a memorial for victims of the attack.
The proposed resolution lists the names of the six victims killed in the Saturday shooting and states that the House of Representatives "stands firm in its belief in a democracy in which all can participate and in which intimidation and threats of violence cannot silence the voices of any American."
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who authorities said was the target of the attack, remained in critical condition Tuesday.
Doctors said she was breathing on her own. The Arizona Democrat's office released two photos of her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, sitting beside her hospital bed and holding her hand.
"The family's very strong, very supportive. You know, she's a young, healthy person who is not only physically strong, but mentally resilient and, you know, they're rising to the occasion," Giffords' Chief of Staff Pia Carusone said. "They've got a long road ahead of them, not just the physical recovery, but the tragedy that this community is having to absorb is -- it's monumental and it's going to be ... a difficult thing to get through."
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend a Wednesday memorial service and visit with victims' families at the University of Arizona in Tucson, according to a statement from the university. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will travel with them. An administration official said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano also will attend.
Arizona state lawmakers, meanwhile, passed legislation Tuesday barring protesters at funerals from getting within 300 feet of services. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who visited the injured Tuesday, later signed the bill.
The action, according to Arizona House Republican spokesman Daniel Scarpinato, was in direct response to the controversial Westboro Baptist Church's announcement that it will picket the funeral of 9-year-old victim Christina Green.
Green was one of six people killed when a gunman opened fire on the crowd at Giffords' "Congress on Your Corner" event outside a Tucson, Arizona, supermarket Saturday. At least 13 people were injured in the attack.
Six of the victims in the Saturday shooting remained at University Medical Center, Chief of Emergency Medicine Peter Rhee said Tuesday. Three people were in serious condition, and two were in fair condition.
The proposed House resolution "condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific attack which occurred" and also "expresses hope for the rapid and complete recovery of those wounded in the shooting."
Accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner, 22, allegedly carried a knapsack to the shopping center, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. He had a semi-automatic handgun, four ammunition magazines and a knife, according to the official.
The weapon was a Glock 19, with an extended magazine that held 31 rounds, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. A total of 31 spent rounds were recovered from the scene, the department said in a statement Tuesday night.
Loughner appeared in a Phoenix federal courtroom Monday to formally hear the charges against him -- including two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of attempting to kill a member of Congress.
His parents said Tuesday they do not know why the shooting occurred and that they were "very sorry" for the loss felt by victims' families.
"There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were, so we could make you feel better. We don't understand why this happened," the family said in its statement. "It may not make any difference, but we wish that we could change the heinous events of Saturday. We care very deeply about the victims and their families. We are so very sorry for their loss."
