[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 109 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H4413-H4414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       ELEVEN PEOPLE DIE OF GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA EVERY MINUTE

  (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, by the time I am done speaking, 
11 people will have died from gun violence in our country.
  By the end of the day, it will be 120. If we continue down this 
trajectory, more than 43,000 people will die from gun violence this 
year.

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  This legislative body needs to take more action beyond thoughts and 
prayers.
  I introduced the Wear Orange Resolution this National Gun Violence 
Awareness Month in honor of Hadiya Pendleton. She would have turned 27 
years old this month, but her life was cut short at 15 when she was 
shot and killed.
  Every time I rise to urge Congress to pass commonsense gun safety 
laws, I remember Hadiya who should have been safe at a park.
  Two years ago, we passed the first Federal gun safety legislation in 
nearly 30 years. We cannot wait another 30 years. It has only been a 
minute and 11 more people have died from gun violence.

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