[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 109 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Speier) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I want to associate myself with the 
outstanding comments of my colleague from Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano). 
I couldn't agree with him more.
  I am, proudly, a member and co-chair of our task force against gun 
violence. I proudly support every American's right to own a firearm. I 
believe as strongly as anyone in this room that all we are trying to do 
here is get a vote, a simple vote--let the votes fall where they may--a 
simple vote on closing loopholes as they relate to background checks 
and making sure terrorists can't buy guns if they can't even fly.
  Now, over the last many months, I have spent many 5-minutes talking 
about all those who have died because of mass shootings in this 
country. I have a memorial wall outside my office that is filling up 
quite quickly with all the lives that have been lost because of mass 
shootings.
  During our sit-in on the House floor last week, we read the names of 
those in Orlando who were victims. Today, I am going to remember the 54 
other victims last month in 51 other mass shootings that took place in 
the month of June. Even excluding Orlando, so many people last month 
were affected by mass shootings that I don't have time within my 5 
minutes to list those who were injured but survived.
  Here are those who died in mass shootings in June that were not 
victims in Orlando:
  Devonne Burton, 28; Sean Pointe, 27; and Derrius Woods, 27; were 
killed on June 4 in Denver, Colorado.
  Brian Harris, 44, and Robert Sykes, also 44, were killed when a 
gunman opened fire in a motel on June 5 in Phoenix, Arizona.
  Jeremy Taylor, 54, and Sean Strickland, 26, were killed when a gunman 
opened fire in a convenience store on June 7 in Cape Coral, Florida.
  Raekwon Brown, 17, was killed outside a school on June 8 in 
Dorchester, Massachusetts.
  Adrian Potts, 20, was killed outside of a university apartment 
complex on June 11 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
  Stephanie Gonzalez, 17, and her sister, Kimberly Gonzalez, 13, were 
killed by their mother's ex-boyfriend on June 11 in Los Angeles, 
California. The shooter also wounded their mother and brother.
  Cynthia Villegas, 34, and her daughters, Yamilen, 14, Cynthia Janeth, 
11, Abby, 7, and Ida, 3, were killed by their husband and father on 
June 11 in Roswell, New Mexico.
  An unidentified 30-year-old man was killed outside an ice skating 
park on June 11 in Stockton, California.
  Reggina Jefferies, 16, was killed as she was attending a memorial 
service on June 14 in Oakland, California. She had just performed a 
praise dance honoring two boys who drowned.
  Robert Marto, 54, and Jason Moore, 41, were killed outside of a bar 
on June 18 in Warren, Ohio.
  Cameron Wilkins, 21, and Felicia Williams, 32, were killed in a 
housing complex on June 18 in Waycross, Georgia. Cameron had seven 
children.
  Ronald Graves, 30, was killed in a house on June 19 in Exmore, 
Virginia.
  Gary Porter, 41, was killed at a party on June 19 in Syracuse, New 
York. He had four children.
  Monte Compton, 24, and his cousin, Donte Jefferson, 29, were killed 
on June 21 in Louisville, Kentucky.
  Gerald Berkey, 36, Jackson Edens, 28, and Terron McGrath, 31, were 
killed in a trailer on June 22 in Lacey, Washington. Terron leaves 
behind two daughters, 8 and 12.
  An unidentified man was killed on June 22 in DeKalb County, Georgia.
  Carlina Renee Gray, 50, Jan Marie Parks, 55, and Allen Rowlett, 60, 
were killed on June 24 in District Heights, Maryland.
  Treavon Lewis, 22, and Jordan Larkin, 18, were killed at a dance club 
on June 25 in Fort Worth, Texas.
  Fernando Wingfield, 44, was killed outside a bar on June 26 in 
Atlanta, Georgia.
  An unidentified man was killed on June 26 near a pool in Houston, 
Texas.
  Ruben Rigoberto-Reyes, 60, Edmundo Amaro-Bajonero, 26, and Katie 
Gildersleeve, 30, were killed on June 27 on a blueberry farm in 
Woodburn, Oregon.
  Phoukeo Dej-Oudom, 35, and her children, Dalavanh, 15, Xonajuk, 14, 
and Anhurak, 9, were killed by their husband and father on June 29 in 
Las Vegas, Nevada.
  Chanda Foreman, 37, was killed while sitting in her car on June 30, 
in Chicago, Illinois. It was her birthday and she was going out to 
celebrate.
  This carnage must end. Just give us a vote on two modest bills to 
help stem the bloodshed.

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