[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CURBING GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA

  (Mr. DEUTCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, it was President John F. Kennedy who 
famously said, ``Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.''
  Last week, some members of the United States Senate took the easy way 
out when they voted down the most basic measures to curb gun violence 
in America.
  Today, I ask my friends and colleagues in this body, Democrats and 
Republicans alike, to pray for the courage to stand with the American 
people and to refuse to accept the profound failure of the United 
States Senate. For the parents of those children lost in Newtown and 
for the families of the nearly 86 Americans who die of gunshot wounds 
every day, there are no easy days.
  Doing what's right, like stopping criminals from buying weapons 
online and cracking down on illegal gun trafficking, will not cost 
anyone a vote at the ballot box, for the American people know that 
these measures don't threaten the Second Amendment; they only protect 
the rights of all Americans to life, liberty, and the pursuit of 
happiness.
  Mr. Speaker, too many lives have been lost, and too many lives are on 
the line not to get something done.

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