[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14707]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         THE DAILY 45: ROBERT WASHINGTON AND TWO OTHER VICTIMS

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                           HON. BOBBY L. RUSH

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 10, 2008

  Mr. RUSH. Madam Speaker, every day, 45 people, on average, are 
fatally shot in the United States. Early this morning, Robert 
Washington of Chicago was found dead in his home with a gunshot wound 
to the neck.
  In Wisconsin, Travis Mills was shot last Saturday morning with a 
small-caliber handgun and in Rockaway, Queens, a young man was fatally 
shot. The 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Three more lives lost. We must become our brother's keeper. Americans 
of conscience must come together to stop the senseless death of ``The 
Daily 45.'' When will Americans say ``enough is enough, stop the 
killing!''

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