[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, as a mother, the second best day 
of my life was when my son was born. The first best day was when he 
returned safely from war. That is because every night was almost 
unbearable. I prayed that I would not get that fateful knock at the 
door.
  My son went to war, and that knock on the door--while you don't want 
it, it is unimaginable--but you expect it. But no parent--no parent--
should worry that they are going to get that knock on the door when 
they put their child on a schoolbus or when their child goes to the 
movies or out for a celebration.
  My constituent, Greg Key, got that knock. His daughter, Lindsay, age 
19, went to a party and became the victim of a stray bullet.
  Mr. Speaker, how many more devastated parents like Greg and the moms 
and dads we have heard about have to get devastating news and feel 
devastating pain? It is time for this Congress to do its job.
  No more guns for criminals or terrorists.

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