[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E162]
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                  NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 10, 2020

  Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, this week we honor the second 
National Gun Violence Survivors Week.
  I rise today to lift the voices of survivors who live with the impact 
of gun violence each and every day.
  Every year, over 36,000 Americans are killed in acts of gun violence 
and approximately 73,330 more are shot and injured.
  Every day in America, one hundred people die and hundreds more are 
wounded by gun violence. Even more are threatened or witness gun 
violence.
  America's gun death rate is 11 times greater than that of other 
developed countries.
  This is why House Democrats have passed commonsense legislation like 
H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Check Act, and H.R. 1112, the 
Enhanced Background Check Act, to help End Gun Violence to keep our 
communities safe. Yet Leader McConnell continues to block a vote on 
this crucial step forward.
  This is SHAMEFUL.
  The American people deserve ACTION. Not political gamesmanship.
  We must stop the bloodshed and the tears. Our children and our 
communities deserve more than just thoughts and prayers--they deserve 
action.

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