[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ANNIVERSARY OF PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING

  (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, when will my Republican colleagues divorce 
themselves from the NRA? Despite all the uncertainties in this world, 
there seems to be one truth, that there will be no Republican action on 
gun violence.
  That is what the NRA stands for: No Republican Action. That is what 
the NRA pays for when it funnels tens of millions of dollars into our 
Federal elections.
  Two years ago, 49 people were shot to death by a crazed gunman in a 
nightclub in Orlando, Florida. On this, the anniversary of that 
massacre, I ask my colleagues to join with me in honoring those who 
were lost by uplifting the spirits of their families.
  Mr. Speaker, to truly honor the lives lost at the Pulse nightclub, in 
Las Vegas, at Parkland in Florida, and in communities every day across 
this Nation, we have to change our laws, and we have to do it now.

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