[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       CONGRESS MUST TAKE ACTION

  (Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida. Madam Speaker, last week, the 
unthinkable happened. A grandmother, Litha Verone, was innocently 
shopping in a local supermarket with her precious young grandson when 
they were both brutally murdered by a deranged man with a semi-
automatic weapon.
  My heart breaks for Litha's family for their unbearable loss.
  But, once again, prayers and good wishes are not enough. On so many 
levels we must take action passing commonsense gun legislation, 
strengthening our mental health system, reaching out to those in 
trouble because in the last moments of her life, a grandmother watched 
in horror as her grandchild was shot and killed by a man who should 
never have had a gun.
  Madam Speaker, last week, the unthinkable happened, and we must not 
stop thinking about it.

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