[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16278]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  WE MUST TAKE ACTION ON GUN VIOLENCE

  (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, today marks 3 weeks since the mass shooting 
at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg that cost nine innocent 
Americans their lives. As that tragedy fades from the headlines, the 
daily tragedy of gun violence in America drums on.
  Last week, in south Florida, Janel Hamilton was shot to death by her 
godmother's son while watching TV. She was 19 and dreamed of becoming a 
lawyer.
  Last weekend, in Chicago, a 3-year-old boy named Eian Santiago was 
shot to death by his 6-year-old brother. They were playing cops and 
robbers.
  Last night, in New York City, police officer Randolph Holder 
succumbed to a gunshot wound in the head. He was responding to gun 
violence in East Harlem.
  In the last 96 hours alone, 91 Americans have lost their lives to gun 
violence. That is nearly 1 person killed by guns every hour in the 
United States.
  The American people expect us to take action. They expect us to stand 
up to those who fight to prevent us from taking action; yet, hour by 
hour goes by in this Congress without hearings, without debate, and 
without action.
  Mr. Speaker, I will be back next week and the week after that and the 
week after that. Gun violence won't stop until this Congress takes 
action, and neither will I.

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