[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 55 (Monday, March 27, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1456]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1930
                  NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SHOOTING

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, a nightmare, a day of horror, and one 
that prayers and sympathy cannot quash the deep and piercing pain that 
the parents of these babies in an elementary school, a Christian school 
in Nashville, had to experience this morning at 10 a.m., and the loved 
ones of the adults that suffered an untimely death. How long is this 
Congress going to diddle-daddle around?
  How long are we going to be divided over the reality that a 28-year-
old who went to the school had two AR-15s and a handgun?
  Oh, there is always the talk about the Second Amendment. I honor the 
Second Amendment, but I do not honor the violence of an assault weapon.
  How many more babies can we lose?
  How many more stories like Uvalde can we tolerate?
  How many more parents, whose children's lives are just going to be 
snatched from them, are going to walk around like zombies?
  It is time now to ban the assault weapons. Ban them now. It is time 
to address mental health issues in a larger way. It is time for this 
Congress to come together. It is time to stop the nightmare and to stop 
the horror.
  How many more parents have to cry over dead babies? Ban assault 
weapons and do it now.

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