[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 114 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRESS HAS COMPELLING UNFINISHED BUSINESS

  (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. TSONGAS. Mr. Speaker, last month I sat with parents who lost 
children to gun violence. There was such sorrow in the room.
  ``When I lost my son, I lost myself,'' one mother said.
  Another said: ``Until we get these guns off the streets, the cycle is 
going to continue.''
  As I listened to their stories, I heard again the tragic ways that 
gun violence so abruptly takes lives and devastates families and 
communities every single day, and I took to heart their message that 
too many weapons are too easily available.
  Preventing weapons from getting into the hands of terrorists, 
criminals, domestic abusers, and the dangerously mentally ill is common 
sense and essential to our security, and there are bipartisan bills in 
Congress right now that would do just that.
  Mr. Speaker, we should not be leaving town with such compelling 
unfinished business. We should be voting on commonsense, bipartisan 
legislation that keeps guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals.

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