[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              SAVING LIVES

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Buffalo, Tulsa, Philadelphia. Mr. Speaker, I won't 
be talking about guns. I will be talking about saving lives.
  My deepest sympathy to my colleague in Texas that represents Uvalde, 
and to the people of Texas. And I am going to be repetitive this week. 
It is going to be about saving lives and explaining to the American 
people that people take guns to kill. It may be suicide, but it is 
certainly mass murders. We are up to 200 mass murders up to this date.
  But the most stark of what we see is that grocery store shoppers in 
Buffalo, killed by white supremacy and guns, automatic weapons; here in 
Uvalde, these precious children, killed by guns, automatic weapons.
  We have to pass protecting our children's act, and we must also pass 
a 7-day waiting period, which I will be introducing to deal with 
automatic weapons because guns kill.
  And the question that all of my colleagues must ask: Do you believe 
in humanity? Do you have courage? And can you act? That is the only 
question to save lives.

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