[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 16, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H12002]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          RESPONSIBLE GUN SAFETY LAWS CRITICAL FOR OUR COUNTRY

  (Ms. SLAUGHTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to pay special 
tribute to a school in my district that has taken the initiative to 
speak out on an issue that is of the utmost importance to all 
Americans, and that is school violence.
  Last week the Irondequoit High School in Rochester, New York, 
presented me with a petition signed by 468 members of the student body 
asking Congress to resist the temptation of influential lobbyists and, 
in turn, pass legislation that ensures the peace and tranquility for 
our Nation's next generation of students.
  I am sure I do not need to remind my colleagues that the House is 
currently poised and ready to adjourn for the year without any 
possibility of passing responsible gun safety measures that will help 
curb this epidemic of violence that is permeating our schools.
  When we return to the session next year, I urge the majority of this 
body to display the same courage and common sense that was demonstrated 
by the 468 constituents in my district. For the sake of our Nation's 
students, I implore the leadership to remove the legislative roadblocks 
that it has placed in the way and allow for a vote on responsible gun 
safety once and for all.

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