[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 28, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WEAPONS OF WAR DON'T BELONG IN OUR STREETS

  (Mrs. McBATH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, once again, and again, and 
again, and again, because our children are being murdered in their 
classrooms. This is outrageous, and it is unconscionable.
  Why have we not made good on our promise to our Nation, our promise 
that our kids can laugh and learn and play in their schools without the 
fear of a shootout?
  We should not need sandbags in our schools to protect our children. 
They should not be forced to live in a war zone where bullets may 
murder a classmate at a moment's notice.
  What will it take? How much blood must be spilled? How many kids must 
be killed until we do the right thing?
  We are here to protect our communities, and Congress has lost its 
way. We have lost our soul, and we must do better than this.
  Weapons of war don't belong in our streets or our classrooms. How 
many children must die before we learn that?

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