[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 22, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CONGRESS MUST STOP VIOLENCE IN AMERICA

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise with a heavy heart with the 
extended amount of violence in this country that has taken hold of us 
through the pandemic, and now we seem to be under siege.
  No, it is not one isolated issue or community. It is not one isolated 
reason. But it is a heavy burden on our children. Our children have 
experienced an enormous amount of violence.
  I intend, in my subcommittee, to discuss and have a briefing on both 
gun violence and the impact on children, as well as violence, and to be 
able to work with the administration on collaborative ways of dealing 
with the ending of gun trafficking that has been a source of the mass 
spreading of guns.
  Laws like permitless guns, though I know they are in 12 States, 
create a synergism of opportunity for guns to be spread everywhere, and 
then the lack of respect for the dignity of our children so that guns 
are not stored. I intend to introduce a gun storage bill.
  I ask that if you see something, say something. We must, as a 
Congress and America, stop the violence.

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