[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 188 (Thursday, November 29, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1572-E1573]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

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                          HON. ROBIN L. KELLY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 29, 2018

  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because Americans 
are still being taken from us by gun violence.
  The Republican majority's strong ties with the NRA--an organization 
that has blocked commonsense, lifesaving legislation and told America's 
doctors, our public health experts,

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that addressing gun violence `isn't in their lane'--has prevented this 
Congress from acting.
  Why is that Mr. Speaker? Could your caucus be so beholden because of 
the millions of dollars the NRA funnels into your campaign accounts and 
leadership PACs?
  As the NRA was telling doctors to `stay in their lane', a domestic 
abuser entered Chicago Mercy Hospital--a hospital, a place a refugee, 
healing and wellness--and took the lives of:
  32-year-old Dr. Tamara O'Neal,
  28-year-old Chicago Police Officer Samuel Jimenez, and
  25-year-old pharmacy resident Dayna Less, PharmD.
  These are just three of the more than 90 Americans lost to gun 
violence each and every day in America.
  Mr. Speaker, how many times do we have to see American lives lost to 
senseless gun violence before we act? When will we be part of stopping 
violence?
  Unfortunately, this long list does not end with them. These are the 
names of the Americans that this Republican-controlled House has failed 
with our failure to pass commonsense gun legislation:
  1. Nathan Majors, 8
  2. Hayden Mayes, 2
  3. Amy Hayes, 5
  4. Ronald Rocket
  5. Patrick Smith, 41
  6. Ke'Anthony Jelks, Jr., 2
  7. Lauren McCluskey, 21
  8. Florence County Deputy Farrah B. Turner
  9. Nicole Barker
  10. Antoine Hartwell
  11. D'Onjay Jackson
  12. Selina Rowsell
  13. Aries Rowsell, 15
  14. Avi Rowsell, 5
  15. Michael Franco
  16. Qa'id Muhammad, 29
  17. Darren Scott Stroh
  18. Onexis Del Valle Delair
  19. Dustin John Delair
  20. Claudia Cordero Garcia, 20
  21. Diosdan Benitez-Cruz, 25
  22. Ted Williams Hale
  23. Joanne Lynn Strussenderg
  24. Glenn Strussenderg
  25. Donna McElfresh
  26. Matthew Minkler, 17
  27. Raheem Anthony Rice, 23
  28. Michael Lamar Ragland
  29. Mia Banks
  30. Undra Colbert
  31. Zachary Ragusa
  32. Jesse Ordonez
  33. Dylan Ray Martin
  34. Martha Johnson
  35. Richard Dean Johnson
  36. Weldeyoanes Zelealem
   37. Edward Budd
  38. Christopher Hodgkin
  39. Nicole Nguyen
  40. James Charles Powell
  41. Giovanni Melton, 14
  42. Craig O'Driscoll
  43. Nicholas Joseph Diamond, 29
  44. Darrion Bolden, 26
  45. Gabriel Valenzuela,
  46. Bradley Whitis
   47. Anthony Garrett, 16
  48. Karen Michelle Jackson
  49. John Lunetta Jr., 11 months
  50. John Henry Lunetta
  51. Eric Brooks, 18
  52. Anthony Stearns, 17
  53. Margaret Distler
  54. Clarence Distler
  55. Angel Thompson
  56. Andres Guillen
  57. Holly Ann Guillen
  58. Kimberlee Ann Kincaid-Hill
  59. Paul Carr Palmer, III
  60. Fabriccio Patti, 13
  61. Ethan Hogan, 25
  62. Joshua Lee, 20
  63. Jon ``Rabbit'' Gomez
  64. Sydney Land, 21
  65. Nehemiah Kauffman, 21
  66. Javier Munoz, 28
  67. Kaji Goode, 22
  68. Rex Vance Wilson
  69. Christopher Stewart
  70. Aleksandr Khutsishvili
  71. Lamar Dale Reid, 22
  72. Paulette King
  73. Felipe George
  74. Gianni Corsentino, 18
  75. Art Wulf
  76. Jan Wulf
  77. Aaron Wulf
  78. Mark Santee
  79.Vincent G. Maltese
  80. Kevin Michael Hockar
  81. Matt Christensen, 24
  82. Lanard Wilson
  83. Jaime Borja Molina
  84. Donald Jecusco
  85. Devry Moore, 22
  86. Steven Wayne Spurlin, 27
  87. Johnny Dee Haney II, 26
  88. Kevin Clanton
  89. Mbayi Ngenza
  90. Marcell Titus
  91. James Smyth
  92. Tristan Taylor Green, 19
  93. Clayton James Singleton, 8
  94. Jennifer Bagley Donoso
  95. Lex Donoso, 8
  96. Joe Frankulin
  97. Marquic Williams, 26
  98. Kye McClendon, 21
  99. Derrick Patterson, 46
  100. Geovany Garcia, 19
   101. Jerelle Javanta Lamb
   102. Jerrelle Lamb
   103. Melroz A. Klungseth
   104. Charles Schroeder
   105. Zoey Schroeder
   106. John Noble
   107. John Allen
   108. Androples Lewis
  109. Veronica Caldwell
   110. Cory Childers, 21
   111. Yvonne Reyes, 18
   112. Blake Widmar, 21
   113. Won Jae Lee, 26
   114. Jiyeon Lee, 23
   115. Phia Vang, 25
   116. Monty Gibson
   117. Deanna Serano
   118. Marvin Surrell, 22
   119. Timothy Donnelly
   120. Alabama's 17th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Greg Griggers
   121. Clayton Wesley Bronson, 18
   122. Evan Plunkett, 25
   123. Arcenio Lujan
   124. Zachary Wayne Girdner, 23
   125. Joseph Lucero, 27
   126. Cecil Johnson
  127. Officer Samuel Solorio
   128. Dejanay Stanton, 24
   129. Eh Thon Gar, 22
   130. Jamymell Ray
   131. Yvonne Woodard
   132. Allen Troyer, 21
   133. James Lonaker
   134. Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus
   135. Sean Adler
  136. Cody Coffman, 22
  137. Alaina Housley, 18
  138. Daniel Manrique
  139. Justin Meek, 23
  140. Kristina Morisette, 20
   141. Telemachus Orfanos, 27--a survivor of the mass shooting in Las 
Vegas who was killed in another mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, CA
  142. Noel Sparks, 21
  143. Mark Meza, Jr., 20
  144. Blake Dingman, 21, and
  145. Jacob Dunham, 21.
  Mr. Speaker, this Congress--led by Republicans--has failed to 
implement commonsense gun safety legislation. This leaves the door open 
for chaos to take place, day in and day out, in our movie theatre, 
hospital, country concerts, synagogues and bars.
  So I ask you again, Mr. Speaker: `When will it stop?'

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