[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5347]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN CONTROL

  (Mr. ROSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the heartbreak 
Americans continue to reel from, the horrible killing of 19 students 
and two teachers by a demented teenager in Uvalde, Texas.
  As an elected Representative, as well as a parent, I am eager to find 
solutions that make our kids safer. Those solutions must include 
strengthening mental health services and school security across this 
country.
  Democrats in Congress have a choice to make. Do they want to focus 
yet again on more gun control, which won't work and won't pass the 
Senate, or do they want to focus on mental health and school security 
improvements which will help, and on which we might be able to reach 
consensus and pass into law?
  Madam Speaker, I believe we can enhance protection for our children 
without throwing away any of our hard-won freedoms. The ball is in the 
Democrats' court.

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