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




                           WHEN WE SAT DOWN,
                              WE STOOD UP

  (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, when my colleagues and I sat down 
on the floor, we stood up for millions of Americans who agree it is 
time for commonsense legislative action to help prevent gun violence.
  When the Republican leadership ignored that call and then canceled 
the rest of the workweek, we took that message back to our districts. 
At a roundtable in my district, I met with families broken by random 
acts of gun violence, mothers who were moved by mass shootings, 
advocates calling for change, and just regular people who just wanted 
to see less violence. Their stories and their motivations were entirely 
different, but they all told me one thing: We are with you.
  I refuse to let them down, and I refuse to let up until this body 
considers basic bipartisan, broadly supported reforms, and not shoddily 
crafted NRA-endorsed bills that do even less than moments of silence.

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