[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 2 (Friday, January 4, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, as I did my very first speech in 2013, 
and again in 2017, I rise today to sound a clarion call for the urgent 
action by this new Congress to address the senseless gun violence that 
continues to claim too many innocent lives across our country.
  Sadly, since my first speech 6 years ago, Americans continue to be 
gunned down in schools, workplaces, houses of worship, community 
gatherings, and even while sitting comfortably in their own homes.
  Time and again, Congress pauses for the standard moment of silence 
and yet, so far, has failed to take real action.
  Newtown, Parkland, Las Vegas, Mother Emanuel AME, Tree of Life 
synagogue, the Capital Gazette--these names are but a few of the 
grotesquely long list of mass shootings and lives cut violently short. 
And for every mass shooting that captures the headlines, countless 
other victims are killed or maimed in shootings across our country each 
and every day.
  But as we turn the page on this new Congress, I have hope, hope that 
this year we will finally take action to make our community safer: 
actions such as passing universal background checks, banning high 
capacity magazines, and making trafficking of weapons across State 
lines a Federal crime.
  We have the power to save lives. Let us now find the courage to act 
and build a safer future for our children.

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