[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16025]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS AND GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. PETERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, just a few weeks before I was sworn into 
office, a deranged gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in 
Connecticut and murdered 20 young children and 6 school employees.
  What was the response of this Congress to make sure that never 
happened again? Nothing. Despite an overwhelming amount of support 
across the country for universal background checks, and bipartisan 
legislation to implement them, this Congress did nothing.
  Across my district in San Diego, moms, dads, college students, 
seniors have all been calling on us to take action that will keep our 
children and our community safe. They are angry at our inability to 
act, and I share their anger.
  We should pass the bipartisan Thompson-King bill on background 
checks, and we should do it today. That would be a good start to 
addressing this devastating problem. It is time to do something.

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