[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4762]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize June as Gun Violence 
Awareness Month and to ask my colleagues across the aisle: How many 
lives must we sacrifice at the altar of the gun lobby before Congress 
says enough is enough?
  I saw in the news today that David Hogg, one of the Parkland 
survivors, wore a price tag instead of his tassel to his graduation. It 
is said that he is worth about $1.05. That is how much David calculated 
the NRA spent per student to help elect an NRA-aligned United States 
Senator in Florida.
  Mr. Speaker, our children deserve more.
  Mr. Speaker, our children are worth more.
  The NRA spends millions of dollars in our elections, but all the 
American people get is ``no Republican action''--NRA--because that is 
what the gun lobby pays for.
  Well, Mr. Speaker, our young people know what is up, and they are 
registering to vote because they know they are worth more than just a 
dollar and a nickel.

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