[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 58 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1681-H1682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Madam Speaker, I rise today, yet again, to speak about gun 
violence in our communities.
  I would like to read the words of Troy Forbush, a survivor of last 
month's horrific mass shooting at Michigan State University in my home 
State. Troy said, ``Seconds after being shot clean through the lung, 
two entrance wounds and two exit wounds, laying in a state of shock, 
that will never leave my mind and forever haunt me.''

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  He continued to say, ``I fell to the ground from my seat and tried to 
act as if I were already dead. As he panned the room with his handgun, 
I pled for my life and screamed, `Please don't shoot me.' We were met 
face to face with pure evil.''
  No person, Madam Speaker, or child should ever have to go through 
what Troy and the countless others continue to experience in our 
country of being gunned down while learning, gunned down while praying, 
gunned down while shopping, gunned down, gunned down over and over 
again.
  This is the reality of the United States of America, where gun 
violence is the number one cause of death for our children.
  How is this acceptable?
  We must pass comprehensive gun reform immediately. Enough of the 
bloodshed.

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