[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        THIS CONGRESS WILL NOT PASS REAL GUN SAFETY 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. Mr. Speaker, today I stand here to offer 
the names of dead children, the names of children who were killed by 
guns since Columbine. I represent the mothers whose tears will not dry 
and the fathers who have broken hearts because of the loss of their 
children because this Congress will not pass real gun safety reform.
  So this morning, Mr. Speaker, I am here to continue the roll of our 
dead children:
  Robert J. Prough, age 13, killed by gunfire on June 4, 1999, Beaver 
Dam, Wisconsin;
  Maurice Jiles, age 18, killed by gunfire on June 5, 1999, Gary, 
Indiana;
  Joseph Sweeney, age 18, killed by gunfire on June 5, 1999, 
Washington, D.C.;
  Lawanza Robinson, age 18, killed by gunfire on June 16, 1999, 
Detroit, Michigan;
  Blaine Reeves, age 15, killed by gunfire on June 9, 1999, Atlanta, 
Georgia;
  Raphael Rivera, age 14, killed by gunfire on June 10, 1999, 
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;
  Shannon Smith, age 14, killed by gunfire on June 14, 1999, Phoenix, 
Arizona;
  Brandon Williams, age 3, killed by gunfire on June 15, 1999, 
Hollywood, Florida.

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