[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 148 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9366]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SPEAK OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I could not let another day go by without 
commenting on two senseless incidents that have happened in the last 
week that are very, very frustrating to me.
  One of them was in my own home city of Charlotte, where a teenager, a 
high school student, was senselessly gunned down in a drive-by 
shooting. It was not the first time it has happened, there or in other 
parts of the country.
  Last week there was an incident in Los Angeles where a young couple 
made a wrong turn. When they tried to turn around, they were stopped by 
a gang of youths who literally fired into their car, killed a 2-year-
old, injured a 2-year-old and an adult.
  I just ask: What has happened in America, and how long are we going 
to stand back and allow this to go on without us as a people speaking 
up? I mean, it is just like it has become so common and everyday what 
we do, feel, or say, that is just the way it is. We ignore it.
  I implore everybody, no matter where you live in this country, to 
start to speak out, to let your voice be heard and to say we are not 
going to tolerate this type of behavior in this great land of the 
United States any longer.

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