[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 81 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S5730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, it has been more than a year since the 
Columbine tragedy, but still this Republican Congress refuses to act on 
sensible gun legislation.
  Since Columbine, thousands of Americans have been killed by gunfire. 
Until we act, Democrats in the Senate will read some of the names of 
those who lost their lives to gun violence in the past year, and we 
will continue to do so every day that the Senate is in session.
  In the name of those who died, we will continue this fight. Following 
are the names of some of the people who were killed by gunfire one year 
ago today.
  June 23, 1999:
  Abdalla Al-Khadra, 23, Salt Lake City, UT;
  Khari Bartigan, 18, Boston, MA;
  Joseph Coats, 26, Chicago, IL;
  Wendell Gray, 22, Chicago, IL;
  Derwin K. Harding, 21, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Hosey Hemingway, 27, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Teresa Hemingway, 30, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Steven Henderson, 17, Baltimore, MD;
  Jim Johnson, 31, Dallas, TX;
  Monique Trotty, 22, Detroit, MI;
  Nichole Vargas, 18, Chicago, IL;
  Unidentified male, San Francisco, CA.
  These names come from a report prepared by the U.S. Conference of 
Mayors. The report includes data from 100 U.S. cities between April 20, 
1999, and March 20, 2000. The 100 cities covered range in size from 
Chicago, IL, which has a population of more than 2.7 million, to 
Bedford Heights, OH, with a population of about 11,800.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.

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