[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               GUN SAFETY

  (Mrs. McBATH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, when it comes to gun violence, we talk 
about Parkland, we talk about Trayvon Martin, and we talk about Jordan 
Davis. But I want to take a moment today for the victims whom we don't 
always talk about.
  I want to talk about the nearly 100 Americans who lose their lives to 
gun violence in this country every single day.
  I want to talk about the mothers and the fathers who have suffered 
tragic loss--the voices that we don't always hear.
  Just last week, four lost their lives in a shooting just a few miles 
outside of my district in Georgia. Those four families are torn apart 
forever.
  Each day, nearly 100 families are torn apart forever. For those loved 
ones, thoughts and prayers are simply not enough. We need policy and we 
need change. It is on us here in Congress to do something.
  Mr. Speaker, I pray that my colleagues here and in the Senate will 
support me in acting to pass meaningful gun safety legislation

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