[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK

  (Ms. JUDY CHU of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, President 
Trump delivered his State of the Union address in this very Chamber. At 
one point, he praised the Second Amendment and gun rights, but 
neglected to even mention the 100 Americans who are killed with guns 
every day. That number is only part of it.
  This week is National Gun Violence Survivors Week and their stories 
fill out the picture of the reality of guns in America. Over half of 
adult Americans have or know someone who has experienced gun violence, 
and about 3 million children experience gun violence every year.
  That doesn't even include the millions more students who go to school 
afraid that they could be the victim of a mass shooting, all because 
the NRA and the Republican lawmakers they fund refuse to even allow the 
most commonsense gun legislation, like H.R. 8.
  This legislation would ensure that no one could buy a gun without a 
background check, and a bipartisan majority of Americans agree.
  It is time to end the NRA stranglehold, and end gun violence.

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