[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9327]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


[[Page 9327]]

                               GUN SAFETY

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)

  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a wife, mother, former 
judge and former prosecutor to urge the Speaker to bring to the floor 
the debate on the issue of gun safety and gun control before Father's 
Day.
  As women, mothers and grandmothers, our goal is to prevent any more 
gun-related deaths. I joined with other members of the Women's Caucus 
to send a letter to the Speaker prior to Mother's Day seeking him to 
set the debate prior to Father's Day.
  Our children are killing one another with guns at an ever-increasing 
rate. From 1993 to 1997, the death rate by guns increased 182 percent 
for children. To stop the death of our children, we urge the Speaker to 
bring this issue to the floor for debate prior to Father's Day.

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