[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ACTION SAVES LIVES

  (Mr. PHILLIPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, 3 years ago today, a mother woke up at 2 
a.m. She woke up to a flurry of text messages from her son. He was 
trapped in a nightclub bathroom at the mercy of a man with an MCX rifle 
and a death wish. His first text: ``Mommy, I love you''; then at 2:39 
a.m.: ``He's coming. I'm gonna to die.'' Eddie Justice was murdered in 
the Pulse nightclub that morning, and he was 30 years old.
  Today we stand with Eddie's family and loved ones. We stand with 
Orlando. We stand with the LGBTQ community. And we stand up here to say 
doing nothing to prevent mass shootings in our country is a dereliction 
of our duty.
  The Senate must pass the gun violence prevention measures that the 
House put forward in February. Thoughts and tweets do not save lives. 
Action saves lives.
  In honor of all the Pulse nightclub victims, we need action, and we 
need it now.

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