Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will adopt House Resolution 895, a resolution honoring Fort Hood soldiers and their families in the wake of Thursday's tragic shooting.

At the request of Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, who is the lead sponsor of the resolution and has traveled to Fort Hood today, Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, will lead the House proceedings. Edwards represented Fort Hood through three combat deployments from 1991 to 2004.

Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. will hold a press conference on Fort Hood at 1:30 p.m. today. The press event will be proceeded by an Army-wide moment of silence in honor of the Fort Hood victims, family members and loved ones.

-- Killeen (Tex.) Daily Herald