[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. RUSH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUSH. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor to speak on what I call 
``The Daily 45.''
  The Department of Justice reports that on average, every day here in 
America, 45 people are shot and killed in a fit of revenge, robbery or 
troubled relationships. These are more than our soldiers who are killed 
in Iraq and Afghanistan each and every day.
  Today I reflect on a story that has captured the hearts and the minds 
of Chicago area residents. On Saturday, February 2, the day began like 
any other day for 6 unsuspecting women. Five of these women, customers 
and workers at a Lane Bryant clothing store in the southwest suburbs of 
Chicago, were heartlessly murdered during an apparent midday botched 
robbery attempt by an assailant wielding a gun.
  37-year-old Connie Woolfolk, 42-year-old Rhoda McFarland, 22-year-old 
Sarah Szafranski, 33-year-old Carrie Hudek Chiuso, and 34-year-old 
Jennifer Bishop should not be forgotten. Neither should we forget the 
sixth woman who was shot in the neck, but survived.
  When will America say, ``Enough is enough''? Stop the killings.

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