[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mrs. LAWRENCE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, every day, 91 Americans lose their lives 
to gun violence. Americans are fed up with Republicans' dangerous 
obstruction of bipartisan, commonsense gun violence legislation. House 
Republicans won't even allow a vote. They won't even allow a vote on 
the gun violence prevention laws.
  Instead, we are leaving Washington, led by the empty House that you 
see on the Republican side, for almost 2 months, for the longest summer 
congressional recess in 60 years, abandoning the people who put them in 
office.
  I urge my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to work with us 
to provide some form of balance and relief for all those who have been 
victims of gun violence across this country.
  We, my Democratic colleagues, have received overwhelming support 
across this country not only for gun enforcement from our faith 
leaders, but the families of those who lost lives to this epidemic of 
gun violence in this country.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for action. And the time for action is now.

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