[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10178]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WE MUST DO SOMETHING

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, after the historic sit-in that took place 
on this floor a couple weeks ago, last week I hosted a discussion on 
gun violence in my district. In attendance were people with a wide 
range of experiences with gun violence, constituents who volunteered 
time to advocate for better gun laws, individuals who lost family 
members due to gun violence, some who themselves were victims of gun 
violence but thankfully survived.
  There were representatives from the LGBT community, public health 
professionals, a youth violence intervention program director, and the 
director of a theater production featuring people who lost loved ones 
to gun violence.
  They came from different hometowns and different walks of life, and 
they have their own beliefs and world views, but they agree on one 
thing: we must do something to curb the tragic, persistent threat of 
gun violence in America.
  Mr. Speaker, I don't expect all 435 Members of this body to agree on 
a perfect solution to this troubling issue, but I do expect them to do 
something that will meaningfully address it, and so do the American 
people.

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