[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 125 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, while this Congress delays, 
while this Congress continues to look the other way, America's children 
are falling victim to gun violence at an alarming rate. The American 
people are demanding that this House take action to protect our young 
people from gun violence.

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  That is why I am so proud to stand here with my colleagues in reading 
the rollcall of children who have been victims of gun violence since 
Columbine. The child safety locks could have prevented many of these 
accidental deaths. This Congress should pass this legislation and stop 
delaying, delaying, delaying.
  Richard Stanley, age 15, killed by gunfire on August 6, 1999, West 
Palm Beach, Florida; Erik Kraemer, age 17, killed by gunfire on August 
7, 1999, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin; Halley Finch and many more that I will 
place in the Record.

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