[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1132]
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                              GUN VIOLENCE

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                          HON. SUSAN A. DAVIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 14, 2016

  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, two issues have been plaguing 
communities across the nation: gun violence and excessive force by 
police.
  Make no mistake, these are very separate issues. They're problems 
that people in my district care deeply about and that deserve to be 
addressed in their own right.
  But both of these are urgent crises that are making our communities 
less safe.
  These issues deserve action here in Congress, but they'll both take 
much more than that.
  Solving these issues won't just happen in this House, it's a 
discussion that needs to happen in every house across America.
  It will require us to come together and really listen to each other, 
to understand things from a perspective that many of us haven't 
experienced.
  Many of us will never know what it's like to lose someone to gun 
violence, just as many of us don't know what it's like to have to sit 
your kids down and explain to them that they need to be careful because 
they won't necessarily be treated fairly by law enforcement.
  Addressing these two issues will take a level of empathy and 
cooperation that, frankly, we haven't seen a lot of in Washington 
lately. And it will take a will to act.
  These are complicated problems, with no single, simple solution, but 
that shouldn't stop us from trying.

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