[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 22, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H4291-H4292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               GUN SAFETY

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, joining the families and 
friends in Santa Fe, Texas, grieving for another 10 lives tragically 
cut short by senseless gun violence.
  Yesterday, this body held the now routine moment of silence in 
respect for the victims, just as we did after the Waffle House shooting 
in Nashville; Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, First 
Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Route 91 Harvest music festival 
in Las Vegas; and the list goes on and on and on.
  Forty-six times this Chamber has stood to remember the victims, and 
every single time congressional obstructionists stood in the way of 
doing anything concrete to change this deadly pattern. We haven't 
considered background checks or bans on the sale of assault weapons or 
gun violence restraining orders to keep firearms out of the hands of 
the mentally ill or even, for goodness' sake, bump stocks.
  I sit on the Judiciary Committee. We haven't held a single hearing 
about reducing gun violence or working to keep

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our children safe. We can't prevent every tragedy, but there are 
actions we can take right now, today, to save lives. We have the power.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to find the courage to act. Our 
kids are counting on us.

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