[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 11, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2185-H2186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE LIFE OF RAMON RAMIREZ OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

  (Ms. WILD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of Ramon 
Ramirez of Allentown, Pennsylvania, who tragically lost his life to a 
senseless rampage of gun violence on April 21 while he was filling up 
his work truck at a gas station in the wee hours of the morning.
  He was 31 years old. He was a husband of 12 years and a father of 
three children. People remember him as a loving family man and a hard 
worker. He was someone who--as one of his neighbors put it--was always 
looking to make things better for those around him. That same neighbor 
remarked that lately she often heard Ramon and his son play basketball 
in front of their house.
  The horrific toll of gun violence across our country is puncturing 
the American Dream. It has stolen the hopes and lives of so many 
families.
  Mr. Speaker, I am not up here to advocate for any particular bill. I 
am up here to ask, beg, and plead that somebody on the other side of 
the aisle come to me with their suggestions of what we can do to stop 
these random acts of gun violence.

  I want to work with my colleagues. We have to end this. I ask that 
all of my colleagues join me in paying tribute to Ramon Ramirez and 
standing in solidarity with his family.

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