[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15824]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE TIME FOR SILENCE IS OVER

  (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, yesterday the Members of this House gathered 
once again for a moment of silence. This time it was for the nine 
Americans killed last week in the mass shooting in Roseburg, Oregon.
  Yet, our brief moment of silence pales in comparison to the never-
ending silence that the families who lost loved ones are to endure 
today and every day from now on. What they wouldn't give to hear the 
voices of their loved ones again. What they wouldn't give to hear their 
laughter once more.
  My friends, a moment of silence that lasts 30 seconds is, quite 
literally, the least that we can do. It is not enough. I know I can't 
speak for the House, but I can speak for myself. I will do everything I 
can--everything I can--to prevent more of our loved ones from being 
silenced by gun violence.
  If we want to prevent more gun violence moments of silence on this 
House floor, then we must speak out. We must call out the gun industry 
and the groups that represent it on Capitol Hill for blocking every 
meaningful attempt to stop this gun violence. The time for silence, Mr. 
Speaker, is over.

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