[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 177 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESOLUTION

  (Ms. SLAUGHTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as co-chair of the House 
Pro-Choice Caucus in strong support of the caucus' resolution 
condemning violence toward women.
  This month, our Nation has seen unspeakable violence, including in a 
Planned Parenthood health center in Colorado and the awful things that 
happened in San Bernardino, California. I condemn this violence in the 
strongest possible way.
  We get so used to it, don't we? Eighty-nine Americans are shot to 
death every day, over 300 mass killings already this year in this 
country, and we get up on the floor of the House and we go through our 
piety and we ask for a moment of silence. That is all we can give. We 
are not going to give any more relief to the people of the United 
States from gun culture, but take a moment of silence. Those of us who 
sit in this Chamber who can do something about it steadfastly refuse to 
do so.
  For heaven's sake, many countries in this world don't have 89 
killings in a month, much less every day.
  No American should feel intimidated or threatened because of choosing 
to access health care. Violence is unconscionable and we have to stop 
it.

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