[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 8, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   GUN VIOLENCE AND THE STEM SHOOTING

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. ``Mommy, there are gunshots at my school.''
  Mr. Speaker, no parent should ever hear those words, but that is the 
call a parent got yesterday when two students entered STEM School 
Highlands Ranch in Colorado and opened fire.
  Within minutes, first responders subdued the shooters, and I am 
thankful for that, but quick is not fast enough.
  One teenager died, and eight people were wounded.
  As a parent and a Congressman, my heart aches for the families and 
loved ones of the child who died and those who were injured.
  Mr. Speaker, yesterday's shooting is one of 41 incidents of gunfire 
on school grounds this year alone. Eight people have died and 20 have 
been injured. We have lost far too many children to gun violence in our 
schools and in our streets.
  I am proud of the progress the House has made to reduce gun violence, 
but the Senate GOP's inaction is outrageous. They need to do what is 
right: dump the NRA and pass some of this legislation we have sent to 
them to reduce gun violence.
  Enough is enough.

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