[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 2, 1994)]
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  REOGNIZING EFFORTS OF CARRIE LOCICERO AND THE SISTERS OF GETTYSBURG 
                             ALPHA DELTA PI

  (Mrs. ROUKEMA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. ROUKEMA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call the attention of my 
colleagues to a very special project underway on the campus of 
Gettysburg College.
  Across the college last week, the sisters of Alpha Delta Pi devoted 
themselves to educating Gettysburg students as to the tragedy and 
personal impact of gun violence, and encouraging them to send their 
message to end this violence to Congress.
  I take a personal interest in this, Mr. Speaker, as the Alpha Delta 
Pi sorority has dedicated its efforts to the loss of the Locicero 
family, of Hawthorne, NJ. Jack and Arlene Locicero lost their daughter, 
Amy Locicero Federici, in the Long Island Rail Road massacre.
  Amy's sister Carrie Locicero, a 21-year-old student at Gettysburg and 
sister of Alpha Delta Pi, has been an energetic and enthusiastic 
supporter and advocate of this program.
  The response on Gettysburg's campus last week was overwhelming, as 
hundreds of students and faculty members sent their message to 
Washington. The sisters of Alpha Delta Pi now plan to bring their 
project to the national chapter, with the hope of involving all 
national chapters of the sorority.
  My colleagues, the need to take action on firearm violence has never 
been more pressing. Jack, Arlene, and Carrie Locicero have each made it 
their personal commitment to ensure that Amy's death not be just 
another statistic.
  As we saw this week, we have taken the first step by enacting the 
Brady bill national handgun waiting period. It is now time to take the 
next step and take action to ban those semiautomatic assault weapons, 
the weapons of war.
  Our colleagues in the other body have taken action, by including the 
Feinstein amendment in its crime bill. This amendment is a commonsense 
measure that prohibits the manufacture, sale, and future ownership of 
specifically-named weapons of war--those guns which have no legitimate 
sporting purposes.
  The Secretary of the Treasury today announced that three of the most 
egregious weapons--the Streetsweeper, the Striker, and the USAS--will 
now be under strict Government regulation, because they bear no 
sporting purpose.
  I urge my colleagues to follow this lead, and enact the Feinstein 
amendment, and comprehensive assault weapons provisions as part of our 
anticrime strategy.
  While our hearts go out to the Locicero family, and all those who 
lost friends and loved ones in the LIRR massacre, I make special note 
today of Carrie and her sorority sisters' efforts to focus attention on 
this issue.
  Let us act on the lessons of this tragedy as are the Lociceros and 
the sisters of Gettysburg Alpha Delta Pi. Amy's death must not be 
another statistic. It must lead us to attack this epidemic of violence 
sweeping our country.
  It is said that education is the first weapon in any war. As we 
battle to end handgun violence, the strength and voices of the 
Locicero's and the sisters of Gettysburg Alpha Delta Pi encourage us to 
continue the fight, and take action against this national epidemic.

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