[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]




                 SALVADOR ESPARZA AND WORK LEFT UNDONE

  (Ms. JUDY CHU of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Speaker, at just 4 years old, 
Salvador Esparza already had a reputation for lighting up a room 
whenever he walked in. His aunt called him ``a sweet boy with a passion 
for soccer and Spiderman.''
  But now pictures and memories are all that remain. Last week, 
Salvador was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on his own front 
porch in my California district. Like him, 91 people are killed by guns 
each day.
  But people like Salvador deserve to be more than a statistic. That is 
why I joined 350 people in front of Pasadena City Hall last week at a 
vigil to call for an end to gun violence. They are hurting.
  Now is the time for Congress to take action to save lives. But, 
instead, Republicans decided to end session early and push lifesaving 
work on guns, Zika, and the Flint water crisis aside.
  The American people elected us to do our job. They deserve better.

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