[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E846-E847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THE DAILY 45: PROMISING LOYOLA STUDENT SHOT TO DEATH

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                           HON. BOBBY L. RUSH

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 7, 2008

  Mr. RUSH. Madam Speaker, everyday, 45 people, on average, are fatally 
shot in the United States. The recent news of the death of an aspiring 
journalism student at Loyola University who was killed, May 4, when 
someone fired shots into her car on Chicago's South Side is tragic and 
sad. Twenty-year-old Ishma Stewart, a 2005 graduate of Oak Park-River 
Forest High School, was an intelligent

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young lady who completed her studies in only three years. She was 
expected to graduate from Loyola in December.
  Another promising life cut short. Another life ended by gun violence. 
Another family forced to ask why their loved one, who was not involved 
in guns, drugs or gangs, had to leave tragically and so soon.
  Americans of conscience must come together to stop the senseless 
death of ``The Daily 45.''
  When will Americans say ``enough is enough, stop the killings!''

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