[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 72 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S4938]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, since Columbine, thousands of Americans 
have been killed by gunfire, and yet Congress is refusing to act on 
sensible gun legislation. Until we act, one of us who is trying to get 
legislation passed will read the names of those who lost their lives 
through gun violence in the past year and will continue to do so every 
day while the Senate is in session. In this way, we hope to remember 
those who have died and to bring closer the day when fewer die from gun 
violence.
  Following are the names of some of the Americans who were killed by 
gunfire 1 year ago today, on June 12, 1999:

       Tyrand Baxter, 24, Atlanta, GA;
       D'Ante Bonds, 18, Oakland, CA;
       Kenneth Davis, 17, Chicago, IL;
       Moises Moctezuma, 49, Charlotte, NC;
       Kevin Parks, 26, Chicago, IL;
       Cornell Rogers, 31, Washington, DC;
       Reginald Rogers, 21, St. Paul, MN;
       David Sapp, 42, Charlotte, NC;
       Joseph Shruga, 69, Detroit, MI;
       Yong S. Suoh, 44, Chicago, IL;
       Javier Velasquez, 23, San Antonio, TX;
       Joel Vives, 27, Miami-Dade County, FL;
       Charles Wachholtz, 80, Dallas, TX;
       Antwan Wimberly, 24, Atlanta, GA; and
       Timothy Young, 21, Charlotte, NC.

  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record 
the names of those who were killed by gunfire last year on the days 
June 10 and June 11, which was last weekend when the Senate was not in 
session.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:


                             June 10, 1999

       Vincent Bolden, 32, Minneapolis, MN;
       Sandy Curtis, 37, Gary, IN;
       Bynum Gordon, 44, Atlanta, GA;
       Dimetrio Hernandez, 33, Houston, TX;
       Marvin E. Jordan, 18, Chicago, IL;
       Adam Lawrence, 48, New Orleans, LA;
       Benjamin Matthews, 36, Kansas City, MO;
       Terrance McLeod, Jr., 25, Detroit, MI;
       Hayde Montalbo-Valdes, Minneapolis, MN;
       Dolores Mueller, 64, St. Louis, MO;
       Nicholas Osborne, 20, Bloomington, IN;
       Raphael Rivera, 14, Harrisburg, PA;
       Brandy Sessions, 20, Rochester, NY;
       Stymie Thomas, 20, Chicago, IL;
       Unidentified male, 37, Long Beach, CA;
       Unidentified male, 26, Long Beach, CA; and
       Unidentified male, 28, Long Beach, CA.


                             June 11, 1999

       Wallace Brumfield, San Francisco, CA;
       Jerry Joseph Dawson, 47, Detroit, MI;
       Kimani Evans, 25, Miami-Dade County, FL;
       Majio Hanna, 40, Detroit, MI;
       Kevin James, 29, Baltimore, MD;
       David M. Jones, 26, Madison, WI;
       Isaac Maldonado, 22, Holyoke, MA;
       John Morrison, 34, Miami-Dade County, FL;
       Michael Northington, Detroit, MI;
       Harvey J. Pierce, 45, Madison, WI;
       David L. Shaw, 18, Memphis, TN;
       Robert L. Turner, 78, Oklahoma City, OK;
       Lajon Wright, 25, New Orleans, LA;
       Unidentified male, 57, Norfolk, VA; and
       Unidentified male, 31, San Jose, CA.

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thomas). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The Senator is recognized for 20 minutes.

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