[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H775-H776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Gun Violence 
Survivors Week.
  Every year, roughly 36,000 Americans are killed from gun violence. 
This is an

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average of 100 Americans every single day. Also, there are close to 
100,000 Americans injured every year from gun violence, yet we do very 
little to prevent these preventable injuries and deaths.
  I am proud to come from a State with effective gun laws. In New 
Jersey, we have strong background checks, a ban on high-capacity 
magazines, and an extreme risk protection order for possible victims. 
That is why New Jersey has one of the lowest firearm death rates in 
America. If we had national laws such as the ones in New Jersey, we 
could save lives and spare families the hurt and horrors of gun 
violence.

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