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Gun Violence

Floor Speech

Date: March 7, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Guns

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Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, as Congress fails to advance commonsense gun safety legislation, I would like to share a letter from a young constituent of mine, Bella, from Skokie, Illinois.

Bella recently had a lockdown at her school. She writes: ``While my peers and I crowded in the corner of my classroom, my mind instantly thought about the rise in school shootings in 2018. I thought, `Am I going to be part of that statistic?'. . . . This lockdown made me realize that something like that could happen to anyone anywhere. Please do something.''

Well, Bella, we have solutions that are supported by an overwhelming majority of Americans: banning assault weapons, passing comprehensive background checks.

Students and parents around the country are telling us to do something. It is time, now, for Congress to listen.

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