[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 164 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H7279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        LET US MOURN WITH ACTION

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, you will hear many voices 
being raised in the backdrop of an unspeakable tragedy from which, even 
as Members think of it, they cry.
  Just a few minutes ago, there was a press conference in which there 
was probably not a dry eye in that room as Members gave tribute to 
those lives lost and to those being buried today, and as they spoke of 
their own anguish, their lost children, and of the loss of their fellow 
staff members in a gun incident.
  So I rise today to say that we must act and can act and can pass 
legislation even this week. I join with Senator Feinstein's effort and 
Congressman Perlmutter's and Congresswoman McCarthy's and that of many 
others with legislation. I join with the legislation of H.R. 277, that 
talks about protecting our children, which was introduced by myself. I 
join with the statement by the Progressive Caucus that speaks about 
this ammunition, these guns, and mental health. I also join with Dick's 
Sporting Goods store.
  I will just personally say to those who are listening: maybe you'll 
want to turn in your guns. Oh, no. I am not going to take your guns, 
but look at what Dick's Sporting Goods did in the moment they wanted to 
be part of the solution and a part of America. Let us mourn with 
action.
  God bless those who have lost their lives.

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