[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]




                        GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

  (Mr. LEWIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise because I cannot believe it. I cannot 
believe that the Republican Members of Congress would leave Washington, 
the Nation's Capital, for 7\1/2\ weeks without taking a single step to 
respond to the real suffering, the real pain, the real hurt, the real 
despair of the American people.
  Mr. Speaker, there is so much hurt, so much hate, so much violence. 
We have a moral obligation, a mission, and a mandate to do something 
about gun violence. Too many of our sisters and brothers have suffered. 
Too many have lost their lives. They have lost too many of our 
children, too many of our mothers and fathers, too many of our friends 
and neighbors.
  Where are the leaders? Do you have any courage, Republican Members of 
Congress? Where is your leadership?
  It is a disgrace, it is a shame that you would leave Washington and 
not do anything about gun violence.

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