[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 17, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H6012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         GUN VIOLENCE TRAGEDIES

  (Mr. CASTEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CASTEN. Madam Speaker, over the weekend, two different countries 
experienced gun violence tragedies. In one they targeted a Hanukkah 
celebration, and at another they targeted students in an engineering 
classroom.
  Both of these countries were founded by Europeans who landed on a 
large land mass, took control from the Natives with their superior 
arms, and developed a cowboy culture at the heart of their national 
ethos.
  One of those countries responded by acting like an adult. Having 
initiated gun buyback programs after their last tragedy, they are now 
working to further tighten gun regulations.
  The other one of these countries acted like a child. Our FBI Director 
and President shared misinformation. The Vice President suggested that 
the politics of one of the victims was the real tragedy. The Republican 
Party remained committed to defending the rights of people who think it 
is fun to play with things that go bang, bang.
  Gun violence is still the number one cause of death among actual 
American children. They are dead because Members of this Chamber, who 
claim to be adults, keep acting like children.
  I would point out that the Brown University shooting was the 389th 
mass shooting in America this year.

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