[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SICK AND TIRED

  (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I am sick and tired of standing 
up here to say I am sick and tired. I am tired of reminding my 
colleagues that we have a gun violence epidemic in this country outside 
of mass shootings.
  We hold moments of silence. We stand up, we sit down, but we do 
nothing. The mass shooting carried out by a racist white supremacist in 
Buffalo last weekend was absolutely horrible. I am truly sorry for the 
victims' families and for the whole community.
  But also know, this weekend in Chicago 33 people were shot and five 
died, and we did nothing. I care both about the people who are killed 
by guns, whether they are shot alone in a park or next to their 
neighbors in a supermarket. I see a lot of colleagues expressing 
outrage about the Buffalo shooting, but outrage means nothing until we 
start legislating or investing in solutions.
  I do not care what the Senate will or won't pass. Let them go on 
record and show the American people whether they care about their 
safety or not. Just who and how many have to die before we take action?

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