[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MASS SHOOTING IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Madam Speaker, on May 14, 2022, a racist 
mass shooting took place at a supermarket in my home community of 
Buffalo, New York.
  Armed with an assault weapon, the shooter killed 10 people and 
injured three more in just 2 minutes and 3 seconds; one shooter.
  We continue to mourn, and we continue to struggle to move on. Sadly, 
we are not the only community facing this challenge. Horrific mass 
shootings have taken place in Uvalde, Texas; Highland Park, Illinois; 
Colorado Springs; Raleigh, North Carolina; Monterey Bay and Half Moon 
Bay, California.
  Last year we passed the bipartisan Safe Communities Act. This was an 
important step, but more needs to be done. As we mark National Gun 
Violence Survivors' week, we must honor those impacted by shootings by 
continuing to deliver legislation that will save lives.
  I am proud to support a Federal assault weapons ban, and I urge my 
colleagues to do the same.

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