[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10737]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                      FACES OF GUN VIOLENCE VIGIL

  (Mrs. McCARTHY of New York asked and was given permission to address
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Mr. Speaker, tonight at 6 o'clock we will 
be seeing the faces of gun violence. We are going to have a vigil. I 
invite all the Members here to take part in that.
  Six and a half years ago, James Gorycki and his wife, Joyce, who were 
friends of mine, and my husband, Dennis, were killed.
  Joyce has one daughter. I have one son. Today happens to be my son's 
birthday, and I am very happy that he is still with me.
  It has been one year since we debated on closing the gun show 
loophole, and we have done nothing about it. I am hoping that still 
before this session ends that we will meet and try to reduce gun 
violence in this country.
  It has been one month since we have had the Million Mom March, where 
moms and dads and families across this Nation came and said to 
Congress, let us do something about gun violence.
  We live in the United States of America. We can do a better job on 
reducing gun violence. And tonight, unfortunately, we will see the 
faces of so many men, women, and children that have died.
  I hope that my colleagues will join us.

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