[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8608]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            ORLANDO TRAGEDY

  (Mr. CARDENAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Speaker, I am beyond heartbroken from the 
circumstances of Orlando. I mourn with my fellow Americans the 50 lives 
lost, 53 people maimed and damaged by this preventable tragedy.
  32,000 American lives are lost each year from gun violence. Every 
elected congressional Member has promised America that the safety of 
the people is what we or she or he will work on.
  We as a Congress do nothing to make our country safer. Why? Because 
you, Mr. Speaker, refuse to consider any legislation tied to gun 
violence. Why won't you allow a hearing, a committee discussion on the 
issue of gun violence?
  My moment of silence resolution is waiting for your signature. It 
would require this House of Congress to hold a hearing on the tragedy 
in Orlando.
  It is time to act. The people are waiting on us to do our job.

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