[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 212 (Wednesday, December 8, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H7552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     UPHOLDING THE LAWS OF THE LAND

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, in this holiday season, a time of joy, 
there are still families who are mourning the tragedy of loss of their 
beautiful, precious students in Oakland County, Michigan. What a 
suffering time.
  In this place where our voices speak volumes, two Members decided to 
show their holiday spirit by exhibiting their families with any manner 
of weapons, AK-47s and otherwise, automatic weapons.
  How they thought that this was the volume that should be heard from 
this place, I do not know. But I really condemn this kind of attitude 
and this kind of volume that generates into violence.
  We have a responsibility as we take an oath in this place to not only 
uphold the laws of the land but to be role models for the American 
people. Guns in the holiday season in the midst of precious souls who 
died--enough is enough.
  Pass real gun safety laws and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. 
Elections count. Enough is enough. Let us act like those who have taken 
an oath to serve this Nation.

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