[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 70 (Friday, May 17, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

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                        HON. DAVID N. CICILLINE

                            of rhode island

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 17, 2013

  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to address the 
House for one minute.
  Mr. Speaker, just last month, the United States Senate failed to move 
forward on legislation supported by 90 percent of Americans to require 
a background check for the sale of any firearm.
  But while the Senate may have missed its opportunity, those of us 
committed to gun violence prevention are not giving up.
  Since the horrific massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, more than 4,100 
American men, women and children have lost their lives in gun-related 
incidents.
  These tragedies have grown all too common in America--with the 
victims eulogized in our newspapers, their families left to feel 
unbearable grief, and yet time after time Washington has failed to act 
on their behalf.
  But as President Obama has said, ``This time it must be different.'' 
The American people want commonsense gun violence prevention laws, and 
it's now up to those of us in Congress to find the political courage to 
make the will of the people the law of the land.
  We owe it to the families of Newtown and gun violence victims across 
our country to finally come together, not as Democrats or Republicans, 
but as Americans committed to ensuring that we can live in a society 
free from gun violence.

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