[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H5100-H5101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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GUN VIOLENCE
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from
Illinois (Ms. Kelly) for 5 minutes.
Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today yet again because
Congress continues to do nothing as Americans die from the scourge of
gun violence.
It is just over 2 years from the tragedy at Pulse nightclub that
claimed 49 lives and changed hundreds of lives forward; 1 year since
mass shootings in Baltimore, Maryland, and University City, Missouri,
that claimed 2 lives and wounded 6 others; nearly 1 year since the
Republican majority whip was shot just a few miles from here preparing
for the annual Congressional Baseball Game; and I will add, this past
weekend, 9 more wounded in Chicago and over 30 shot.
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Mr. Speaker, what are we doing? How can we let this continue?
We have school shootings almost weekly. People are dying in their
homes, in movie theaters, and in city parks; yet this House, this
Republican majority, does nothing.
How much longer will we allow our children and loved ones to be
terrorized before we take action?
Mr. Speaker, here are the names of some of the Americans that this
House, this Republican majority, have failed:
Patricia Carney;
Jimmie Caruthers;
Kriemhild Davis;
Lieutenant Colonel Steven Dody;
Al Gratia;
Ursula Gratia;
Debra Gray;
Dr. Michael Griffith;
Venice Henehan;
Clodine Humphrey;
Sylvia King;
Zona Lynn;
Connie Peterson;
Ruth Pujol;
Su-Zann Rashott;
John Romero, Jr.;
Thomas Simmons;
Glen Arval Spivey;
Nancy Stansbury;
Olgica Taylor;
James Welsh;
Lula Welsh;
Juanita Williams;
Meredith Hight;
Anthony Cross;
Olivia Deffner;
James Dunlop;
Darryl Hawkins;
Rion Morgan;
Myah Bass;
Caleb Edwards;
Cassie Bernall;
Steven Curnow;
Corey DePooter;
Kelly Fleming;
Matthew Ketcher;
Daniel Mauser;
Daniel Rohrbough;
William David Sanders;
Rachel Scott;
Isaiah Shoels;
John Robert Tomlin;
Lauren Townsend;
Kyle Velasquez;
Lieutenant Brian Murphy;
Madison Finch;
Claire Van Landingham;
Samuel Rosales;
Lonnie Hutcherson;
Trennis Milam;
Lonnie Rucker;
Lazerrek T. Ellis;
Deshawn D. James;
Joseph Graves;
Brianna Jenkins;
Ciara Philumalee;
Ky'yon Evans;
Davion Funches;
Eric Garth;
Ben Wilson;
Gloria McKie;
Catherine Cole;
Melinda Estes Glenn;
Dawn E. Hearn;
Sandra K. Posey;
Davetta Roseboro;
Barbara Grate;
Joan Simon;
Rhonda Fleming;
Connie Waldrop;
Nicole S. Thorpe;
Novena Mathis;
Cody B. Oller;
Cory Lee Channon;
Anthony Reed;
Antoinette Heyward;
Mary Kathleen Ard;
Courtney Taylor;
Kim Sophia Sanders;
Leticia Shivers Brown.
Mr. Speaker, I include the names of 250 additional gun violence
victims into the Congressional Record. These are the names of 250
Americans this Congress has failed:
Parkland Shooting Victims (34)
Alyssa Alhadeff; Scott Beigel; Martin Duque; Nicholas
Dworet; Aaron Feis; Jaime Guttenberg; Chris Hixon; Luke
Hoyer; Cara Loughran; Gina Montalto; Joaquin Oliver; Alaina
Petty; Meadow Pollack; Helena Ramsay; Alex Schachter; Carmen
Schentrup; Peter Wang.
Samantha Fuentes; Daniela Menescal; Alexander Dworet;
Isabel Chequer; Stacey Lynn Lippel; Madeleine Wilford;
Anthony Borges; Kyle Laman; Samantha Grady; Ashley Baez;
Justin Colton; Marian Kabachenko; Kheshava Managapuram;
Samantha Mayor; William Olson; Genesis Valentin; Benjamin
Wikander.
Santa Fe High School Shooting (10)
Jared Conard Black; Shana Fisher; Christian Riley Garcia;
Aaron Kyle McLeod; Glenda Anne Perkins; Angelique Ramirez;
Sabika Sheikh; Christopher Stone; Cynthia Tisdale; Kimberly
Vaughan.
Sandy Hook Shooting Victims (27)
Charlotte Bacon; Daniel Barden; Rachel Davino; Olivia
Engel; Josephine Gay; Ana M. Marquez-Greene; Dylan Hockley;
Dawn Hochsprung; Madeleine F. Hsu; Catherine V. Hubbard;
Chase Kowalski; Jesse Lewis; James Mattioli; Grace McDonnell;
Anne Marie Murphy; Emilie Parker; Jack Pinto; Noah Pozner;
Caroline Previdi; Jessica Rekos; Avielle Richman; Lauren
Rousseau; Mary Sherlach; Victoria Soto; Benjamin Wheeler;
Allison N. Wyatt; Nancy Lanza.
Chicago Young Gun Violence Victims 2018 (15)
Malaysia Woodard; Damarcus Wilson; Larenzo Smith; Mateo
Nathan Aguayo; Jose Aguilar; Joseph Smith; Jaheim Wilson;
Martin Duncan; Jazmyne Jeter; David Thomas; Jechon Anderson;
Demariah Bridges; Arrie Pitts; Enija Moore; Makayla Evans.
Chicago Young Victims (50)
Malik Mcneese; Diabolique Anderson; Bruce Owens; Willie
Woodus; Clavonte Eubanks; Kanari Gentry-Bowers; Takiya
Holmes; Lavontay White Jr.; Laquan Allen; Darmayah Smith;
Alexis Stubbs; Corey Hill; Jacquez Mack; Daishawn Moore;
Alandis Allison; Rayshon D. Price Jr.; Jesus Escobar; Xavier
Soto; Kahari Stovall; Diego Villada; Demonis Johnson; Julio
Cesar Garcia-Lara; Mishawn Green; Jazebel Aleman; Jaquarius
Davis.
Deshawn Martin; Jose Mendoza; Gustavo Garcia; Alex
Gonzales; Hector Lopez Trevino; Dwayne Franklin; Keziah
Shealy; Asante Glover; Daishawn Moore; Dakayla Hart; Theotis
Luckett; Elijah Johnson; Alexander Gonzales; Lan'Phoray
Morris; Tyree Wise; Charlie Lawrence; Eshunte Mayfield;
Jeyson Gonzalez; Michael D. Hickingbottom; Melvin James Jr.;
Antwon Green; Kejuan Thomas; Damien Santoyo; Brian Jasso;
Clavont Eubanks.
VA Tech Shooting (32)
Ross Abdallah Alameddine; Brian Bluhm; Austin Cloyd; Kevin
Granata; Caitlin Hammaren; Christopher James Bishop; Ryan
Clark; Jocelyne Couture Nowak; Matthew G. Gwaltney; Jeremy
Herbstritt; Rachel Elizabeth Hill; Emily Hilscher; Jarrett
Lane; Matthew J. La Porte; Henry Lee; Liviu Librescu.
G.V. Loganathan; Partahi Lumbantoruan; Lauren McCain;
Daniel O'Neil; Juan Ramon Ortiz; Minal Panchal; Erin
Peterson; Daniel Perez Cueva; Mike Pohle; Julia Pryde; Mary
Read; Reema Samaha; Waleed Shaalan; Leslie Sherman; Maxine
Turner; Nicole White.
Aurora Movie Theater Shooting in Colorado (82)
Jessica N. Ghawi; Micayla C. Medek; John T. Larimer; Alex
M. Sullivan; Alexander J. Boik; Gordon W. Cowden; Alexander
C. Teves; Matthew R. McQuinn; Jonathan T. Blunk; Jesse E.
Childress; Rebecca Ann Wingo; Veronica Moser-Sullivan; Petra
Anderson; Adan Avila; Jennifer Avila-Arredondo; Brandon
Axelrod; Kaylin Bailey; Stephen Barton; Toni Billapando;
Christina Blache.
Kelly Bowen; Jarrell Brooks; Maria Carbonell; Alejandra
Cardona-; Shirley Clark; Corbin Dates; Kirstin Davis; Lauren
Ellis; Craig Enlund; Alex Espinoza; Evan Farris; Jacqueline
Fry; Nickelas Gallup; Yousef Gharbi; Zackary Golditch;
Munirah Gravelly; Eugene Han; Gage Hankins; Hailee Hensley;
Amanda Hernandez-Menije.
Mckayla Hicks; Richelle Hill; Nathan Juranek; Jasmine
Kennedy; Marcus Kizzar; Patricia Legarreta; Kelly Lewis;
Brenton Lowak; Ryan Lumba; Caleb Medley; Katie Medley;
Anggiat Mora; Evan Morrison; Ashley Moser; Stefan Moton;
Victor Nava; Joshua Nowlan; Pierce O'Farrill; Prodeo Patria;
Rita Polina.
Caitlin Peddicord; Bonnie Pourciau; Christopher Rapoza;
Carli Richards; Ethan Rohrs; Jamie Rohrs; Dion Roseborough;
Carey Rottman; Lucas Smith; Heather Snyder; Farrah Soudani;
Catherine Streib; Daybra Thomas-Kizzar; Jamison Toews; Denise
Traynom-Axelrod; Marcus Weaver; Michael White, Jr.; David
Williams; Alleen Young; Jansen Young; Samantha Yowler.
Ms. KELLY of Illinois. It is sad that it took me too little time to
find the names of 250 Americans killed by gun violence, sad because we
could save lives but refuse to do so. We could save other families from
enduring this trauma and pain if the majority could find the courage to
put American lives before NRA checks and Big Gun lobbies.
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