[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TAKE ACTION FOR GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS

  (Mr. LEVIN of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, during National Gun Violence 
Survivors Week, I rise to recognize my State of the Union guest, Mary 
Miller-Strobel, from my hometown of Berkley, Michigan.
  After her brother, Ben, was honorably discharged from the military, 
Mary grew concerned that Ben was at risk of self-harm. Mary and her 
father drove to every gun store in their small town, begging them not 
to sell Ben a gun. But they had no legal recourse to block a store from 
selling Ben the gun that would end his life. Ben died by suicide soon 
thereafter.
  Had Mary been able to seek an extreme risk protection order, Ben 
might still be alive today.
  Mary is now a Moms Demand Action leader and has turned her tragedy 
into a triumphant story of fighting to prevent other families from 
suffering this tremendous and preventable loss.
  The House has passed commonsense gun violence legislation, and we 
will pass red flag legislation, too. Now, we need the Senate to act, 
for Mary and Ben, and for so many others.

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