[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
FIVE YEARS OF MFOL AND PERSISTENCE OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
(Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to declare that our calls
for gun violence prevention will not stop until we see real action to
keep our kids and communities safe from senseless shootings plaguing
our Nation.
Madam Speaker, ten years ago, after Sandy Hook, grieving parents came
to this place and called for urgent action.
Five years ago this Friday, student survivors of the shooting at
Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School led millions of fellow students
in the first March for Our Lives calling for urgent action.
Yet still here we are, after Pulse, after Las Vegas, Buffalo, Uvalde,
Highland Park, Monterey Park, and literally countless other shootings
and so many beautiful lives cut short.
This morning, my sister texted me, ``two teachers shot'' at the
Denver school my niece and nephews attend. It was their second shooting
this year, in addition to four other lockdowns.
Enough is enough. Together with March for Our Lives, Moms Demand
Action, Everytown, Sandy Hook Promise, Giffords, and every other
concerned American, we will not stop our calls for action until our
families feel safe in our schools, in our pews, at our stores, at our
Fourth of July parades.
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