[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1542]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING VICTIMS OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH 
                            SCHOOL SHOOTING

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. One year ago, Madam Speaker, on February 14, 2018, 17 
people were killed in a senseless and horrific act of gun violence at 
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
  I ask the Members of the House of Representatives to use this time to 
center their thoughts on the 17 who were killed, the 17 who were 
injured, the healing of the Parkland community, and the 40,000 lives 
lost to gun violence in every corner of this Nation each year.
  I ask that we work together, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as 
Americans to end this silence with action to make all our communities 
safer from gun violence.
  I ask that this moment of silence not be in vain, and I ask my 
colleagues to please rise and bow your heads as we remember Alyssa 
Alhadeff, Scott Beigel, Martin Duque Anguiano, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron 
Feis, Jaime Guttenberg, Chris Hixon, Luke Hoyer, Cara Loughran, Gina 
Montalto, Joaquin Oliver, Alaina Petty, Meadow Pollack, Helena Ramsay, 
Alex Schachter, Carmen Schentrup, and Peter Wang.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. McBath). All present will rise for a 
moment of silence.

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