[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3870]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, I think in the next couple 
of days we will have an opportunity to do what is right for America and 
do what is right for our young people.
  Although we are not marking up the juvenile justice crime bill in the 
House Committee on the Judiciary, of which I am a member of the 
Subcommittee on Crime, we will have an opportunity to come to this 
floor.
  I do not believe that we should pass any juvenile justice crime bill 
that does not have provisions for mental health services to enhance and 
give to our children the kind of resources they may need. We should not 
pass a bill that does not have parental responsibility and parental 
education about how to help with raising our children to the extent of 
giving them resources when our children are troubled. And we should not 
pass a bill that does not have real gun safety, with an ammunition clip 
restriction, with a restriction on gun shows, and the instant check and 
the waiting period.
  We should realize, Madam Speaker, that we now can stand collectively 
as Americans and confront this issue not in an attacking mode but a 
collaborative mode. We must stand up together to respond to the crisis 
of school violence not only in rural America and urban America but the 
longstanding concept that this whole country has too many guns.
  I do not believe our hunters in the far west or the far east would 
argue against gun safety and responsibility.
  Let us all stand against the negatives of the National Rifle 
Association and collectively as Americans for safety for our children.

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