[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 97 (Monday, June 5, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     AMERICANS ARE DEMANDING ACTION

  (Ms. SCANLON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SCANLON. Mr. Speaker, Americans are demanding action, and we must 
deliver. Too many lives are being lost to senseless gun violence. Every 
day, we are retraumatized by yet another shooting.
  In school, our children are learning active shooter drills before 
their ABCs. When families go to a grocery store or the mall, they scan 
the crowd for shooters rather than sales.
  We know we don't have to live this way, fearful for our kids and our 
loved ones when they leave the house, furious that gun manufacturers 
are making billions of dollars marketing weapons of war to 
irresponsible gun owners, and frustrated by lawmakers who lack the 
courage to pass commonsense gun safety legislation.
  We can change this. There are commonsense, constitutional solutions 
with broad public support that can stem the carnage. Where leaders in 
my district and across the country have adopted those solutions, we 
have seen progress. It is not enough, but it is a start.
  Above all, doing nothing is not an option. We cannot sit idly by and 
allow preventable gun deaths to happen day after day. We need to pass 
policies that will save lives now.

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