[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H4424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                LET'S USE OUR POWER TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. CRIST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CRIST. Madam Speaker, I stand before you 2 days before the third 
anniversary of the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, 
Florida, to tell this body, the people's House, that we have work to 
do.
  The Pulse shooting shook us all to our core, and for so many in the 
LGBTQ community, these wounds may never fully heal.
  We honor the memory of those whose lives were taken, but for those 49 
people, their families, and, importantly, their chosen families, 
thoughts and prayers will never be enough.
  ``Orlando Strong'' and ``Never Again'' are only words until we take 
action.
  We are united by the power our constituents have given to us to make 
laws. We must use that power to stop gun violence.
  What does it say to the victims at Pulse, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 
Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, Aurora, Virginia Beach, and too many others to 
list? Do we not care?
  Making life safer for our constituents is not right versus left; it 
is right versus wrong.
  Madam Speaker, I urge action on this national epidemic.

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