[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H939]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK

  (Ms. DEAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, I want to recognize National Gun Violence 
Survivors Week and the 58 percent of Americans who have experienced gun 
violence in their lifetimes.
  Gun violence kills nearly 40,000 Americans every year; more than half 
of those deaths are suicide. Another 100,000 people are physically 
caught wounded in the crossfire.
  Entire communities suffer, too--those that may never shake the 
trauma, fear, anxiety, and sadness of violent tragedy, like my friends 
Marge Sexton, Jami Amo, Jennifer Lugar, Julia Spoor, gun violence 
survivors who live with the scars of unimaginable tragedy and yet 
continue to fight for sensible gun violence prevention legislation.
  Our communities should be safe, joyful places. We should not live in 
fear of gun violence at our public schools, our places of worship, 
movie theaters, music venues, night clubs, or even in our homes.
  This National Gun Violence Survivors Week, let's hold survivors 
closer in prayer, in love, and in action and promise we will do more 
and everything we can to end the crisis of gun violence in this Nation.

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