[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H858]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

  (Ms. SHALALA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SHALALA. Madam Speaker, this is National Gun Violence Survivors 
Week, and I rise to recognize the victims and survivors of domestic 
violence across the United States who have felt the effects of our weak 
gun laws.
  Just last week in my community in Miami, a man killed his infant 
son's mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother with a high-powered 
rifle before abducting the days-old baby. The infant, Andrew, is still 
missing.
  Stories like this are not unusual in this country. Women in the 
United States are 21 times more likely to be murdered with a gun than 
in other high-income countries.
  When we don't take action, it is people like Andrew, his mother, his 
grandmother, and his great-grandmother who pay the price.
  Andrew deserves to grow up with his family. He deserves leaders who 
prioritize his well-being over the violent whims of abusers. He 
deserves a chance at life not tinged with tragedy.

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