[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 30 (Thursday, March 16, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CHILD GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION

  (Ms. DeGETTE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, in less than one week, it will be a whole 
year since the school shooting in Jonesboro, Arkansas. And almost 
exactly one month later will mark the 1-year anniversary of the tragedy 
at Columbine High School just outside my district.
  A month after that, a whole year will have gone by since the Senate 
passed their version of child gun safety legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, what has been done here in the House? The sad answer is, 
nothing. We have done nothing to protect our citizens, to protect our 
families, and most importantly, to protect our children.
  When is this House going to stand up against the gun violence being 
perpetrated against our children? When are we going to stand up for the 
safety of our families?
  This Congress will be judged for as much as what it does not do as 
what it does. And, Mr. Speaker, it has not gone unnoticed by the public 
that we have done nothing to protect them from the horrific gun 
violence that continues to pollute our proud country.
  The very least this House can do is pass common sense child gun 
safety legislation and pass it now.

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