[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7814-7815]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           MILLION MOM MARCH

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, to all of the mothers 
yesterday that commemorated and celebrated Mother's Day, I hope for 
them that it was a very special day.
  But I hope the Nation took note of more than 750,000 mothers who 
gathered in Washington, D.C., along with probably another thousands and 
thousands of mothers who gathered

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throughout 67 cities across this Nation to take a stand against gun 
violence and for gun safety legislation.
  It is interesting that America seems not to move until the American 
people stand up and be counted. The Vietnam War ended when mothers said 
no more of their sons would die. In Houston, Texas, there are over 
1,300 strong men and women who marched against gun violence, the 
inertia, and the lack of activity of this House.
  We must act, and the mothers of America have spoken. The question is 
will the Republican Congress listen?

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