[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK

  (Mr. TED LIEU of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TED LIEU of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of 
National Gun Violence Survivors Week.
  Every day in America, 103 people are killed by gun violence, and many 
more survivors are left to deal with the lifelong trauma. This is 
horrific and it demands action.
  It is one of the reasons that last year the House Judiciary 
Committee, on which I sit, as well as the House of Representatives, 
passed for the first time in over a quarter century, significant gun 
legislation. We passed universal background checks.
  It is now before the Republican-controlled Senate, and I ask them to 
simply do their jobs and put that bill up for a vote.
  I am also grateful that last month, California's 33rd Congressional 
District's Youth Advisory Council, which consists of high school 
students in the area, got together to discuss ways to address the gun 
violence epidemic.
  At their recommendation, I am proud to lend my support to bills like 
Ghost Guns Are Guns Act and Jaime's Law, both of which I believe will 
protect American lives.

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