[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 128 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H6163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                              GUN CONTROL

  (Mr. BISHOP of New York asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commemorate the tragic 
passing of Neil Godleski, nephew of my friend and constituent, Suzanne 
Murphy of Southampton, New York.
  Neil was a rising senior at Catholic University. He was fatally shot 
on August 22, 2010, while riding his bicycle home from a restaurant 
where he worked as a waiter. He was 31 years old and had returned to 
college with plans to pursue a career in science. His assailant was a 
16-year-old boy who shot him six times with a .38 caliber handgun and 
then robbed him.
  Suzanne's family has been wrenched with grief over the sudden end of 
this young man's life. While no vigil or memorial could ever begin to 
take away the pain of this loss, Suzanne has found a way to channel her 
grief and focus her energy. She has become an advocate for gun control.
  When roughly 100,000 Americans are killed or wounded each year, 
reasonable people can agree that we can achieve evenhanded policies 
that protect Americans from senseless gun violence that do not infringe 
on any American's right to possess a firearm.
  Mr. Speaker, I applaud Suzanne's efforts to reach out and bring 
awareness to the problem of gun safety. We must not let her nephew 
become just another chilling statistic in the battle to make our 
community safer, leaving another family struggling to get past the pain 
and the loss.

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