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(CNN) -- 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 as of Tuesday afternoon. Doctors said she was breathing on her own.
"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."
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.
Also Wednesday, lawmakers will be briefed about their safety. "We'll have leading members of the Capitol Police, the Secret Service and the FBI, we'll explain to the members and the staff how we can work together with them and local law enforcement to provide an optimum amount of security," Terrance Gainer, the U.S. Senate's sergeant at arms, told CNN.
He also emphasized that "the threat level, given the amount of interaction (constituents) have with these senators, is very low."
Gainer said he does not believe more members of Congress should carry guns. "Violence prevention is a very difficult matter. Preventing homicides is very difficult. I think every chief and sheriff across the nation is trying to figure out how best to do that. Putting more guns in the mix is not the answer. It may be part of a solution to have more police, more law enforcement. But we shouldn't just turn to guns as the how to end violence," he said.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, who sometimes carries a gun, told CNN it is a "personal choice of mine, and I don't think it creates more of a problem." He also said he does not believe people "should rush out because of what happened Saturday and suddenly start to do something new." The tragic shooting was "a very isolated incident," Chaffetz said.
Arizona state lawmakers 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. Thirteen others suffered gunshot wounds and some people were injured trying to flee the scene, the Pima County Sheriff said in a statement Tuesday night.
Five of those 13, plus Giffords, 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 semiautomatic 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 its statement.
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."
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