[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
GUN VIOLENCE
(Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because our Nation continues to
have blood on its hands. This week, we, once again, bore witness to the
senseless murder of dozens of innocent people where States like
California experienced three mass shootings in just 44 hours.
How many more sisters, brothers, siblings, parents, grandparents, and
loved ones have to be senselessly shot and killed?
That doesn't sound like freedom to me. Our people deserve the freedom
to live without the fear of gun violence, the freedom to go to the
grocery store, to school, and to live life for God's sakes.
When will we stop valuing guns more than human life?
Can anyone in this Chamber look a parent in the eyes who just lost a
child due to gun violence and tell them that their child isn't worth
meaningful action?
Because I won't.
Yet, here we are today, another shooting, another day, and another
community devastated due to senseless gun violence.
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