[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5966]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SUMMER RECESS STOPS SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, in the 4\1/2\ months since 17 people were 
killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 
Parkland, Florida, there have been 15 shootings at schools and colleges 
around the country.
  In the absence of congressional action, the only thing that has 
stopped these school shootings is summer recess.
  But summer recess won't stop the daily gun violence in communities 
across the country. In the past 72 hours, 97 people were killed and 180 
people were injured by gun violence.
  And summer recess won't provide relief to the families who are still 
grieving the loss of their children, their loved ones.
  Earlier this month, four Stoneman Douglas seniors were honored with 
degrees they earned but never received because they were murdered in 
their school. Their parents and siblings walked onto that stage 
instead. It shouldn't have been this way.
  It is time for this House to act on gun violence. Bring up the 
bipartisan bills on universal background checks, banning bump stocks, 
gun violence restraining orders.
  We cannot wait until the school bell rings again this fall. We have 
to act now

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