[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 148 (Thursday, September 6, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H7901]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, they say a picture is worth a thousand 
words. This is a the moment when Judge Brett Kavanaugh refused to shake 
the hand of Fred Guttenberg, a man whose 14-year old daughter was 
murdered during a school shooting at Parkland, Florida earlier this 
year.
  Instead of shaking his hand, Judge Kavanaugh buttoned up his jacket, 
turned and walked away. That moment said all I need to know about Judge 
Kavanaugh. It is clear he doesn't possess the empathy necessary to 
serve on the highest court in the land.
  Yesterday, Judge Kavanaugh said he wants both parties in his cases 
believing he gave them a fair shake. And yet, when facing a man who 
lost his daughter in one of the most horrific school shootings in our 
country's history, he wouldn't even shake his hand.
  As a judge, Brett Kavanaugh said he believes a ban on the sale of 
semiautomatic assault weapons is unconstitutional. That is his record.
  On the Supreme Court, he will allow the unrestricted sale of weapons 
like the one used to kill Mr. Guttenberg's daughter. But as a person, 
his actions toward Mr. Guttenberg on Tuesday speak louder than any 
legal opinion he could write.
  The Senate must reject his nomination.

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