Gun Violence
Floor Speech
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Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because Americans continue to die from gun violence. Just this week, there was a shooting in a Kroger--not even our grocery stores are safe from the scourge of gun violence.
For more than a year, I've been coming to the House Floor and reading the names of gun violence victims that this House--the People's House-- has failed by our inability to act and save lives.
To date, I've read more than 2,300 names into the Record. Each one of them, was someone's mother, son, brother, wife, cousin or friend. Every one of them was an American failed by Congress.
Mr. Speaker, today, I want to recognize gun violence victims from five Congressional districts in North Carolina, Florida, Arizona and Kentucky and Michigan.
Therefore, I include in the Record the names of 222 Americans who've been shot--many of whom were killed.
Yet, still this House stands silent. Gun Violence Victims From North Carolina's 9th Congressional District
1. Sarah Posey, 21
2. Tywan Sturdivant
3. Nylah Vereen, 20
4. Jurellia Montgomery
5. Derrick Dent
6. Nekeshia Washington, 28
7. William Jerome Williamson
8. Johnathan Locklear
9. Jimmy Williams
10. Lewis Roundtree
11. David Duncan Jr., 22
12. Vashawn Colston
13. Keithan Khalil Lynch, 17
14. Michael Thaggard
15. Nathaniel Lepine
16. Nijiher Bingham, 10
17. Henderson Clarke
18. Prentis Robinson
19. Dwayne Vencent Fairley, 21
20. Dakota Chase Hunt, 18
21. Scott Chavis
22. Jeremiah Dakota Locklear, 17
23. Kenneth Wayne Bryant
24. David McLean
25. Keshion Devonta Hill, 22
26. Yhamer Alford, 21
27. Brandon Morris
28. Ronnie Lee Sampson
29. Elisa Meryl Slutzky
30. Kenneth Dale Henson
31. Chris Allen
32. Kelvin Ramone Velez, 20
33. Calvin Blackshire, Jr.
34. Hugh Lee Moose
35. Charles Hunt
36. Ellis Bradham, 27
37. Jahee Tycari Hoke
38. Katherine Memory Jones, 26
39. Dennis Hunt
40. Darius Deon Chapman
41. Lorene Potter Simpson
42. Kimberly Renee Reps
43. Clayton Millsaps, 29
44. Fredrick Antwone Butler
45. Ernest Louis Cash, Jr., 19
46. Dennis Penny
47. Kim Leon Campbell
48. Kim Lee Long
49. Melvin Ashby, 26
50. Judith Causey
51. Phillip Davis
53. Uriah Fuller, 4
52. Josiah Fuller, 3
54. Shaundasia Smith, 16
55. Mirjana Puhar, 19
56. Jonathan Alvarado, 23
57. Jusmar Gonzaga-Garcia, 21
58. Rosool Jaleel Harrell, 22
59. Kimberly Kemp
60. Jamie Moore
61. Marquise Leon Dalton, 24
62. William Hale
63. Sarah Long
64. Thurmont Davis Gun Violence Victims From Florida's 15th Congressional District
65. Thimothy Passmore
66. Rennie Defoe Jr.
67. Gary Cauley
68. T.J. Honors, 14
69. Mack Holloman Jr.
70. Robert Schreiner
71. Otniel Alvarez
72. Grover Wills, 18
73. Michael Robert Guthridge
74. William C. Duncan
75. Roderick Childs
76. William Reiss
77. James Hanks
78. Rickie Stipe
79. Russell Leon Jackson
80. Chike Tim
81. Jerry Roach
82. Jesus Cervantes
83. Jeremy Himmelman, 22
84. Andrew Oneschuk, 18
85. Preston Burnett
86. Milton Lamar Vam
87. Perry Edward Vam
88. William McCallister
89. Lisa Fuillerat
90. Samara Rautenberg
91. Vincente Fuillerat
92. Diquan Mills
93. Jerome Reese
94. Jayquon Johnson, 17
95. John Pacuick
96. Andrea Dixon
97. Kenneth Michael Cuevas, 27
98. Destiny Mayes, 20
99. Jean Makenson Deroche, 21
100. Donald Eugene Wood
101. Dayoshis Carter, 19 Gun Violence Victims From Michigan's 7th Congressional District
102. Gregory Heath
103. Katherine Sturgill
104. Curtis Sturgill
105. Jazzrell Witherspoon, 19
106. Alexander Lee Dombrowski
107. Timothy John Curtiss
108. John D. Campbell
109. Robert Claude Smith
110. Malik Rodriguez, 23
111. Ronnell Martin, 22
112. Rickey Dempsey
113. Morris McBride Jr., 18
114. Nathaniel Marcelious-Antonio Bowers, 23
115. Jeremy Alan Barron
116. Brittany Southwell, 26
117. David Lem Sprague
118. Zach Currie
119. William Clayton Coleman Jr.
120. Terry Lynn Maurer
121. Hunter Lentz, 18
122. Matthew McMillen, 18
123. Jesse Lambert, 27
124. Akive Ahmad Ty'Juan Edwards
125. Ben Johnson, 27
126. Jeffrey Capers
127. Kadriedra Goodwin, 24
128. Daniel Dadgar, 27
129. Durrell Solomon
130. Jonathan Kaufman, 3
131. Deven Guilford
132. Jason Brewer, 23
133. James Momenee
134. Christy Ann Wilt
135. Sgt. Greg Hunt Gun Violence Victims From Kentucky's 6th Congressional District
136. Margaret Elizabeth Smith
137. Kerry D. Kenney
138. Dustin Wayne Johnson, 24
139. Jared Miles Moore, 22
140. David N. Scott
141. Devon Guest, 19
142. Joel Pflum
143. Mikel Willis
144. Rachel Jean Preston
145. Austin Murphy, 29
146. Darrius Twyman, 19
147. Adan Juarez Vicente
148. Justin Lee Jenkins, 19
149. Victor Wilson
150. Frederick Ratliff
151. John Drain Moffett
152. Leo Travers, 15
153. Nova Gallman, 2
154. David Fletcher Jones
155. James Augustus Blair, 27
156. Trinity Gay, 15
157. Maryiah Coleman, 22
158. Joseph Trevor Dilger
159. Judith White
160. Robert Warner
161. Daniel Pigg
162. Amy Koegel
163. Melissa Roberts
164. Corenz White, 28
165. Melanie Gabbard
166. Richard Lambert
167. Brenda Hatton
168. Ronnie L. Kelly
169. Damycal Tre Bolton, 18 Gun Violence Victims From Arizona's 2nd Congressional District
170. Reilly Thacker, 21
171. Jason Patty
172. Avrum Diaz, 29
173. Edward Dalton Decker, 27
174. Craig Yelton
175. Wade Lockwood
176. Joseph Anthony Campos, 23
177. Russell Santos
178. Christian Garcia-Sanchez, 15
179. Donald Stanley
180. Charles Hutchison
181. David Jimenez
182. Roberto Varela
183. Javier Quiroz, 24
184. Mark Garity, 29
185. Therin Castillo Jr, 15
186. Bill Drake
187. Margaret Hoyt
188. Taggart Seth Fuller, Jr., 13
189. Christoper Gentry
190. Yolanda Eberts
191. Jacob Edward Luna
192. Eric Noriega
193. William Bell
194. Jesus Isaac Rael
195. Thomas Barnes, 28
196. Enrique Bracamonte, 30
197. Osee Calix
198. Sephaul Booker, 15
199. Arturo Vasquez Romero, 25
200. Jordan Szymanski
201. Haylee Parker, 5
202. Mackenzie Parker, 8
203. Zachary Corbut, 20
204. Daniel Gordon
205. Alexandria Eastman, 25
206. Sandra Hatfield
207. Carlos Saaverda Ramirez
208. Herschel Watkins III, 19
209. Anthony A. Garcia
210. Jeremy High, 24
211. Gary Tucker
212. Jase David DeBaker
213. Heather Marcucci
214. Paul David Lauderdale
215. Alice Phillips
216. George Phillips
217. Guadalupe Alvarado
218. Michael Duncklee
219. Marshall Davis
220. Osvaldo Vargas
221. Michael Estrada
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