[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 21, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H5725-H5726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THERE IS A MASS KILLING

  (Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, our Nation is witness to a 
silent mass killing every day this year. This year, more than 250,000 
Americans have lost their lives so far, but the public never knew it. 
It has never been on the front page of The New York Times or The 
Washington Post, and it is not discussed on CNN or FOX.
  Tomorrow, this mass killing will continue. And every day we allow it, 
over 900 more will die. With 100 days left this year, nearly 100,000 
American lives are on the line unless we take immediate action.
  As we sit and watch this tragedy from our comfortable offices, I 
wonder if my colleagues have statements prepared for the thousands of 
parents and siblings and friends who lost or will

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lose a loved one in this mass killing back home. I wonder how we will 
look families in the eye when we leave Washington and say, there wasn't 
enough time, we wanted to go home, and yet those who died will never go 
home.
  Mr. Speaker, there is time if we act today. I ask the Senate to stop 
the tragedy and please call up and pass H.R. 2646, the Helping Families 
in Mental Health Crisis Act, because where there is help, there is 
hope.

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