[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    LIVES CUT SHORT BY GUN VIOLENCE

  (Ms. HOULAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOULAHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise for Rodney and Michelle Roberson 
and their daughter Bianca, who was fatally shot in a road rage incident 
in June of 2017.
  Bianca had recently graduated from Rustin High School in Chester 
County, in my district. She was coming back from a pre-college shopping 
trip when she found herself in an encounter with someone who tried 
passing her in a merge lane and then, in a horrific act, pulled out a 
loaded firearm and fired a single, fatal shot at Bianca.
  Bianca was a beautiful and smart young lady who was, tragically, 
taken from us too soon because of senseless gun violence.
  I rise for the 1,635 other Pennsylvanians whose lives were cut short 
in 2017 because of gun violence. I am a third-generation veteran, and I 
support responsible gun ownership. And, like many in my community, I 
support commonsense safety measures that Congress should act on to 
curtail gun violence in our communities.
  We must act now.

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