February 27, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 36 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                                NO MORE

  (Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Madam Speaker, after the Parkland 
shooting, high school students in my district told me a heartbreaking 
truth. They didn't believe that Congress cared about their lives or 
their future. Sadly, I understood why.
  Complacency defined the Republican Congress' position on gun 
violence. They did nothing after moviegoers were slaughtered in Aurora, 
kindergartners were murdered in Newtown, and after one of our own 
colleagues, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, was shot doing her job as a 
U.S. Representative.
  After 46 people were gunned down at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, I 
sat on this very floor in protest. My colleagues and I sat in 
solidarity with a very clear but somber message: No more. No more 
moments of silence. No more inaction while Americans had senseless 
deaths due to gun violence. No more would the entirety of solutions to 
gun violence be tweets with our thoughts and prayers.
  It has been 2 years since the sit-in and, finally, the inaction has 
come to an end. Thanks to the brave survivors, the students, the 
advocates, and the family members, we have been able to pass 
commonsense gun safety.
  Today is a new day, and we will continue this fight.

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