[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 146 (Monday, September 15, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1785]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE DAILY 45: RODRIGO VALLE

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                           HON. BOBBY L. RUSH

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 15, 2008

  Mr. RUSH. Madam Speaker, everyday, on average 45 people--a man, a 
woman or a child--is fatally shot. On September 11, two teens were 
arrested in connection with the fatal gang-related shooting of a 13-
year-old boy near Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana.
  An 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in connection 
with the murder of Rodrigo Valle. According to police, Valle was shot 
in the chest on September 10th after refusing to respond to the gang 
question, ``Where are you from?''
  I personally don't know where the child was from, but I mourn over 
where he's not going. He's not going to school; he's not going home to 
his loved ones; and he's not going to discover a cure for cancer, fly 
to the moon, or start his own family. His life, like the lives of 
thousand of others this year--was taken as a result of gun violence.
  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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