[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 99 (Wednesday, June 12, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                ANNIVERSARY OF PULSE NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE

  (Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FROST. Madam Speaker, today my heart is heavy. I am brought back 
to this moment in history where, on June 12, 2016, 49 angels were 
murdered in cold blood on the dance floor and on the floor of Pulse 
nightclub in my city, in my district, and in my home of Orlando, 
Florida.
  I am angry. I am angry that we live in a world and that we live in a 
country where gun violence can drastically change or end your life. I 
am angry that I serve in a Chamber where seemingly most of the folks 
here don't want to do a single damned thing about it. I am also angry 
that I have been fighting for this since I was 15, and we are still in 
this fight.
  I express my condolences and send immense amounts of love to the 
families and to the survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre and tell 
them that we will continue to honor the lives of those 49 angels with 
nothing but action, with nothing but sweat equity, until we end gun 
violence in this country. True justice isn't one person behind bars, 
but it is when we can wake up with the confidence to say that this will 
never happen again.

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