June 27, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 109 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages H5251-H5252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. EVANS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. EVANS. Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Gun Violence Awareness 
Month and to honor the hundreds of thousands of survivors and victims 
of gun violence.
  In 2018, in my city of Philadelphia, there were 351 homicides, and 
most of these were committed with a gun. What is happening in Philly is 
consistent with what is happening every day in violence-plagued Black 
and Brown communities across this country. It is sickening. So is the 
Senate's lack of action on commonsense gun reform bills that the House 
has passed.
  While we still need commonsense gun reform, Senator Casey and I have 
also introduced a bill that Members from both parties should be able to 
agree on, H.R. 2585, the Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join the 50 cosponsors and

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the many organizations that are putting their concern for gun violence 
into action by supporting this bill, and I urge the Senate to act on 
the bills the House has already passed.

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