[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS WEEK

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the survivors of gun 
violence during National Gun Violence Survivors Week.
  Sandy Hook, Parkland, Buffalo, and, yes, even Detroit, and Chicago. 
So many now are impacted--various names and memories of loved ones 
seared into our memories--in places where gun violence has traumatized 
our communities and taken far too many of our loved ones.
  Every day in our country, more than 110 people are shot and killed 
and more than 200 people survive gunshot wounds. We are 33 days into 
the new year, Mr. Speaker, and there have already been 54 mass 
shootings. To every survivor of gun violence, from classmates who have 
witnessed their friends die to families who have dinner at the table 
with an empty seat there, we honor you always with action.
  So I call on my colleagues to stand up to the corporate gun lobby and 
send the assault weapons ban to President Biden's desk. There is no 
reason to have weapons of war in our communities. There is no reason 
that anyone needs a weapon of war that can fire up to 60 shots per 
minute.

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