[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]




                         PASS GUN SAFETY BILLS

  (Mr. CISNEROS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CISNEROS. Madam Speaker, in 1960 my mother's life changed 
dramatically forever. That was the year her father was murdered through 
an act of gun violence. She was just 10 years old and my grandmother 
became a widow with six children left to raise on her own.
  This week marks National Gun Violence Survivors Week, where we listen 
to stories like my mom's and other survivors of gun violence through 
the country.
  But here in Congress, we need to do more than just listen to these 
stores. We need to act. Last year, the House passed commonsense, 
bipartisan gun safety legislation, H.R. 8, to expand background checks. 
This measure is something over 90 percent of the American public wants.
  Unfortunately, it has been sitting in the Senate for almost a year 
and that is unacceptable. Survivors of gun violence, victims of gun 
violence, and the American people deserve a Congress who will act and 
pass these gun safety bills. Enough is enough.

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