[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H4317-H4318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       BRINGING SANCTUARY AND SAFETY BACK TO AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

  (Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)

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  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, as we commemorate D-Day and 
express our heartfelt gratitude to veterans across our great Nation, it 
is also an appropriate time to think of civilians and security threats 
at home.
  June is Gun Violence Awareness Month and a time to reflect on the 
lives we have lost to gun violence and reinvigorate our fight to end 
senseless suffering.
  Just this past week, 52 people were shot in Chicago, resulting in 10 
deaths, and 12 lives were taken in Virginia Beach. The shooting in 
Virginia Beach was the 150th mass shooting in 2019. Just think about 
that and the lives lost. Americans like Ryan Keith Cox, a hero who 
helped his coworkers to safety, Mary Louise Gayle, a devoted mother and 
grandmother known for her holiday gingerbread houses, Richard 
Nettleton, a veteran and a die-hard Red Sox fan, Katherine, 
Christopher, Bert, Laquita, Bobby, Missy, Joshua, Alexander, and Tara.
  We are not powerless. 100 days ago House Democrats passed two gun 
safety reform bills supported by over 90 percent of Americans. These 
bills can save lives. We can bring sanctuary and safety back to our 
communities.
  We ask our Senate colleagues to do their job and bring these life-
saving measures up for a vote.

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