[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11931]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. HONDA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, this week we return after an epic recess of 
House Republican inaction on stemming gun violence, and yet gun 
violence does not recess. Between Memorial Day and this past weekend, 
4,100 Americans died from gun-related activities, and nearly 8,700 were 
wounded.
  Mr. Speaker, this week we return to the American people's ever-
growing impatience for Congress to finally take measures that will 
reduce gun violence and save lives.
  Keeping guns out of the hands of suspected terrorists and criminals--
what can be more common sense about that? The vast majority of 
Americans certainly believe such policies are common sense.
  Give us a vote, Mr. Speaker. Give Americans a vote.

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