[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 196 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H10114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, this week we mark the sixth anniversary of 
the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 26 
dead, including 20 children ages 6 and 7. In the years since, there 
have been 1,917 mass shootings, killing 2,175 men, women, and children 
and wounding more than 6,000.
  The worst of these shootings occurred in the heart of my district at 
the Route 91 music festival when a gunman opened fire on the crowd, 
killing 58 and injuring more than 800.
  The list of victims grows every day, and yet on this floor there is 
only silence. This past November, voters sent a strong message by 
rejecting those who stand in the way of commonsense gun violence 
prevention.
  We can never bring back those who are lost to gun violence, but from 
universal background checks to a ban on bump stocks, come January, we 
can and will take action.

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