June 3, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 92 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Page H4207]
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                           GUN POLICIES WORK

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Speaker, in the wake of yet another tragedy, I 
rise to recognize the month of June as National Gun Violence Awareness 
Month.
  On Friday, yet another 12 people lost their lives to gun violence, 
this time in Virginia Beach. Twelve more families were ripped apart, 
another community forever changed.
  I know firsthand the devastation a gun can cause. The accidental 
shooting that left me a quadriplegic was life-shattering. And yet the 
pain of losing a parent, a child, or a friend is forever unimaginable.
  I have said too many times to count that we must address the gun 
violence epidemic head-on. We owe it to the family members, the 
friends, and the neighbors who lost their lives in Virginia Beach and 
the thousands more who will die this year.
  We know the policies that work. Now we must have the courage to enact 
them.

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