[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  ORLANDO SHOOTING 1-MONTH ANNIVERSARY

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, 1 month ago, 49 
innocent individuals were mowed down and killed and 53 more were 
injured. Yet today, the Chamber's business is still not focused on 
making our open spaces safer and passing safe gun measures to help 
protect our people.
  It has been 1 month after the worst killing in United States history 
since 9/11, and we still have not taken up commonsense gun safety 
measures to protect our citizens. Instead, it is business as usual: 
another bill to impede a woman's right to choose, another 
appropriations bill that will undermine the Clean Water Act.
  As Members of Congress, we have to respond and answer to the American 
people that we represent--and they are asking for action. Enough is 
enough. The human rights and civil rights issue of our time is to 
protect our churches, our movie theaters, and our open spaces from mass 
murders by guns.
  Let's have a vote, Mr. Speaker. Let's take back our streets and make 
the Nation safer.

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