[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9317]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    SECURITY, JUSTICE, AND EQUALITY

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, today, the President and Vice President 
of the United States, rightly so, have gone to Orlando, Florida, to be 
with the Senate delegation and Congresswoman Corrine Brown, our 
colleague whose district was impacted by this heinous terrorist act.
  I thank him for that, and I thank him for bringing this country 
together, recognizing that we are not here to blame Muslims, we are not 
here to blame people of different faith; we are here to draw together. 
I want the Muslim community to know that we stand with them in their 
outrage over this incident and their recognition of the values of their 
faith.
  Let me also say that we honor and mourn those from the Latino 
community who died in this tragic and heinous act, and we want to do 
something about it. Congresswoman Brown and I have introduced H.R. 
5470, which requires that before anyone gets an assault weapon, they 
must answer questions about evidence and recent contacts by Federal law 
enforcement authorities that they have been engaged in. It must be 
verified.
  Let me finally say, Mr. Speaker, that we want the Nation to be 
secure, but we also want justice in our criminal justice system. I am 
looking forward to moving that legislation forward because we must be 
balanced: security and justice and equality for people in the criminal 
justice system.

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