[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8508-8509]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING HADIYA PENDELTON

  (Mr. DOLD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in remembrance of Hadiya 
Pendelton, a young woman from my home State of Illinois who was shot 
tragically in Chicago when she was only 15.

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  Hadiya would have been 18 years old yesterday. In her memory, her 
friends asked their classmates to commemorate her life by wearing 
orange. Yesterday, I joined with my colleagues in the House to honor 
her memory in the United States House of Representatives.
  Mr. Speaker, every single day in the United States, nearly 300 people 
are victims of handgun violence. Yesterday, gun owners, sportsmen, 
lawmakers, faith leaders, teachers, students, and more wore orange to 
bring attention to the issue of handgun violence.
  It is my hope that this nonpartisan unifying action will show that 
victims of gun violence like Hadiya are not forgotten.
  Mr. Speaker, we must set aside our partisan differences so that we 
may honor the victims of this tragic and unnecessary violence and come 
together to make our homes, our businesses, schools, and communities 
safer.

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