[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9337]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, once again, Americans are 
heartbroken by a gun violence tragedy.
  Since the mass shooting last Friday in Santa Barbara, more than 160 
others have lost their lives at the hands of a gun, including an 18-
month-old baby who was shot in front of his mother in my hometown of 
West Palm Beach. This mother will never see her child go to school, 
graduate from college, walk down the aisle, or hear him say ``I love 
you, Mom.'' Too many lives have been taken and too many communities 
have been torn apart.
  I applaud the House vote yesterday to invest funds to help the States 
improve submissions to the national background electric system. With 
that said, we must do much more to expand background checks and 
strengthen mental health intervention and research.
  From California to Florida, American families are counting on us--the 
Congress--to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and keep our 
children safe.

                          ____________________