[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H1864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   MASS SHOOTING IN GLENDALE, ARIZONA

  (Ms. ANSARI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ANSARI. Mr. Speaker, on Sunday night, the community that I 
represent in Glendale, Arizona, was rocked by yet another mass shooting 
in America.
  As families and friends came together to eat, drink, and dance, they 
looked forward to celebrating Cinco de Mayo and spending time in their 
community. Instead, their worlds were shattered as someone with a gun 
fired into the crowd outside the restaurant, killing three people and 
injuring five more.
  I cannot imagine the pain and sadness that their families and loved 
ones now feel, and I am sending them love and strength.
  Every single person there will be forever impacted by the violence 
and trauma that mass shootings impose on communities.
  For far too long, we have been forced to watch as gun violence 
devastates our communities, and we feel unsafe going to the movies or 
eating out at a restaurant.
  One thing is clear. These acts of violence and the trauma they 
inflict on all of us are preventable. They are a policy choice. It is 
time for us to make a new choice.
  Commonsense policy reforms to regulate guns and prevent mass 
shootings like this one in Glendale have broad, bipartisan support. It 
is beyond time we stand up and do something.

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