[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 99 (Thursday, June 9, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 AMERICA IS BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS

  (Mr. KAHELE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KAHELE. Madam Speaker, today I urge the United States Senate to 
pass the Protecting Our Kids Act. The Uvalde shooting in Texas is one 
of many mass school shootings that will remain a forever stain on our 
country. We find ourselves here again, in the wake of another 
elementary school massacre, expressing condolences, sympathy, and 
outrage.
  As a parent to two elementary school-aged children, when my wife and 
I take our daughters to school, we expect them to run to our car, with 
smiles on their faces at the end of every fun-filled school day.
  Once more, the House took action this week and voted to move this 
forward. We worked in a bipartisan fashion to pass the most basic 
measures to keep our families safe from gun violence. This commonsense 
bill will save lives. It makes crucial changes, raising the age for 
buying an assault rifle to 21, working toward safe gun storage, and 
reducing the unregulated trafficking of guns.
  We are many school shootings past thoughts and prayers. Sandy Hook, 
Parkland, Columbine. We need action now. Time and time again, this 
Nation has failed to act.
  We must pass comprehensive gun violence prevention legislation to 
protect my children, to protect your children, to protect America's 
children. The American people are demanding for us to act. It is time 
to act now.

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