[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12865]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     THE DAILY 45: ULYSSES SIMMONS

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                           HON. BOBBY L. RUSH

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 18, 2008

  Mr. RUSH. Madam Speaker, the Department of Justice tells us that, 
everyday, 45 people, on average, are fatally shot in the United States. 
On Monday, June 16, the first day of summer vacation for Chicago Public 
Schools, 14-year-old Ulysses Simmons was fatally shot. He is the 27th 
CPS student slain since last fall. According to news reports, young 
Ulysses was killed over his bike. He had just gotten his first job, 
working with young children this summer at a local church. ``When will 
this killing stop,'' asked his grandmother. ``It needs to stop.''
  Americans of conscience must come together to stop the senseless 
death of ``The Daily 45'' and the dozens more unnecessary accidents and 
injuries related to guns. I join Ulysses' grandmother in saying: When 
will we say ``enough is enough, stop the killing!''

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