[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1351]
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                    THE DAILY 45: ERIC KEITH WALTON

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                           HON. BOBBY L. RUSH

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 25, 2008

  Mr. RUSH. Madam Speaker, every day, 45 people, on average, are 
fatally shot in the United States. My heart goes out to the family in 
Grand Rapids, Michigan who lost a dear loved one.
  Thirty-eight-year-old Eric Keith Walton, slain in his home Monday, 
couldn't have put up much of a fight because he had been receiving 
dialysis treatments for kidney failure and was weakened, his family 
said.
  Eric was apparently the victim of a home invasion. According to 
newspaper reports, Walton was shot twice, in the stomach and chest.
  I was terribly impacted as I read this statement from a family 
member: ``They really hurt us on this one. Everybody comes up and says, 
`We love him to death.' He raised kids that weren't even his. I can't 
believe this.''
  Americans of conscience must come together to stop the senseless 
death of ``The Daily 45.'' When will Americans say ``enough is enough, 
stop the killing!''

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