[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 8780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                ORLANDO

  (Ms. BROWNLEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Mr. Speaker, my heart goes out to the 
victims of the tragedy in Orlando. This act of terror and hate has 
reverberated across our Nation with a goal to divide us and instill 
fear against those who simply wish to express themselves and live their 
lives freely.
  We cannot let fear lead us to single out an entire community or take 
our focus away from fighting terrorism. We cannot allow politics to 
distract us from coming together and passing commonsense gun reform.
  We must stand up against hate in all of its forms and the weapons 
that allow our enemies to too easily violently express it. That is 
something we all stand for.
  We must act. The victims and their families of Orlando deserve no 
less.

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