[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 46 (Thursday, March 11, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          YOUNG AMERICANS CHANGED CONVERSATION ON GUN VIOLENCE

  (Ms. JACOBS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACOBS of California. Madam Speaker, today, the House passed H.R. 
8 and H.R. 1446, two bills to enhance background checks and promote gun 
violence prevention.
  As a millennial, I am a member of what is known as the Columbine 
generation, a generation that grew up in the shadow of gun violence and 
school shootings.
  When violence came to our Capitol on January 6, congressional 
staffers barricaded themselves into a conference room and hid under 
furniture because it is what they learned to do in years of active-
shooter drills.
  It is time for that to change, and this is the start. Today, I rise 
to honor the young people who called us here to act.
  From Steele Canyon to Bonita Vista, students in San Diego have 
organized, protested, and marched for their lives. I have been so 
inspired by them and young Americans across the country who have 
fundamentally changed the conversation on gun violence.
  Because of their activism, we finally passed commonsense legislation 
that will save so many lives.

  I was proud to support these bills.

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