Gun Violence
Floor Speech
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Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because Americans are still dying from gun violence, in our cities and towns, villages and rural communities.
Despite the fact that 93 Americans are shot and killed, each and every day, this House--controlled by Republicans--have done nothing to stop the violence.
My colleagues on the other side of the aisle offer ``thoughts and prayers'' while doing nothing so they can collect those NRA checks.
Mr. Speaker, how did this happen? How did this House become so beholden to the gun lobby that the death of children fails to inspire us to stand up, speak out and act?
Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the names of 250 Americans--many of whom are children--who've been shot in America. These are Americans that this House, this Congress has failed.
1. Julien Gonzalez, 2
2. Devin Kelly, 16
3. McKinley ``Bonnie'' Chavous, 3
4. Delmonte Johnson, 19
5. Jordan Martin, 18
6. Jahnae Patterson, 17
7. Earl Young
8. Joshua Campbell, 22
9. Eric Johnson, 22
10. Kendall Brown
11. Andrea Echeverria, 23
12. Bo Li, 14
13. Meigin Lin, 14
14. Lia Lin, 15
15. Kaileigh Lin, 17
16. Kenyate Sparks
17. Juan Espinoza Sr.
18. Donald Norris, 19
19. Malik McCloud, 19
20. Antonio Dixon, 19
21. Kenny Ivory, 17
22. Charles Green
23. Keshonda Monique Maxey, 19
24. Elijah Clayton, 22
25. Nicholas Cox
26. Zack Kempke, 14
27. Pruthvi Raj Kandepi, 25
28. Florence Police Officer Terrence Carraway
29. Estell D. Roberson
30. Prince Kargou, 19
31. Marc Anthony Bolden, 28
32. Jason Depena, 27
33. Jeremy Sandoval, 22
34. Curtis Cain
35. Douglass Watts
36. Taquan Pinkney, 18
37. Vincent Martin
38. Delashon Jefferson, 21
39. Sara Hill, 14
40. Nicky Sandoval, 25
41. Postman Tyson Jerome Barnette, 26
42. Marquell Carter, 25
43. Natwan Holyfield, 17
44. Rashaad Walker Jr., 20 months
45. Taylor Robertson, 28
46. Malcom Evans, 19
47. Jordan Edwards, 15
48. Aaron Howard
49. Matrice Luster, 26
50. Chris McFarland
51. Richard Newcomer
52. Chicago Police Department Mass Transit Unit Sgt. Steven Bechina
53. Botham Shem Jean, 26
54. Zacari Johnson, 20
55. Shantee Tucker
56. Kyle Storm Lee, 16
57. Juan Cruz, 21
58. Chicago Police Department Michael Anthony Robbins
59. Whitney Austin
60. Darlister Smith
61. Ron Johnson
62. Roley Johnson III
63. Officer Brandon Krueger
64. Darnell C. Moton, 24
65. Officer Matt Cooper
66. Shane Colombo, 25
67. Deanna Marie Caudillo
68. Christian Meroney
69. Luis Felipe Calderon
70. Kaliegh Shea Pennington, 10
71. Tom Marmet, 22
72. Cesar Esantana-Orozco
73. Joseph L. Jones
74. Darrell Webb
75. Officer Antwan Toney, 30 76. James Springer III, 12 77. Juan Sandoval III, 20 78. Leetemi Daniels 79. Steve Rosenthal, 15 80. Officer Wendolyn O. Tanner 81. Devyn Holmes 82. North Carolina State Trooper Kevin Conner 83. Juan Espinoza Jr. 84. Pamela Burgess 85. Que'Lexus Hunter, 20 86. Makiyah Wilson, 10 87. Geoffrey Willis 88. Rodney Jernigan 89. Florence Police Department Officer Terrence Carraway 90. Norris Anderson 91. Alex Madunic 92. Damia Barnett, 3 93. Jesus Gomez 94. Sabrina Moreno, 21 95. Lester Jack, 22 96. Justin Richey, 16 97. Latrell Brown, 16 98. Johnny Mathis, 29 99. Laquan Surles 100. Jahimel Gayle 101. Claudell Gary 102. Robert Bosalavage 103. O'Neal Mosley, 24 104. Earnest Brownlee 105. Tahrim Applewhite, 19 106. Shamel Fredericks, 24 107. Abdulla Yafaee 108. John Fernandez, 17 109. Kahliq Francis 110. Alyssa Rodriguez, 17 111. Clayton Hemingway, 16 112. Dawud Escort, 25 113. Shaquill Banks, 23 114. Chaz ``Chazzo'' Manuel 115. Dexton Simpson 116. Stephen Vargas 117. David Dottin 118. Carnell Victor, 26 119. Luis Ortiz, 19 120. Keith Vereen 121. Shaqwanda Staley, 29 122. Chynna Battle, 21 123. Christina Stubbs, 23 124. Devon Hannibal, 27 125. Cameron J. Smith 126. Ivelisse Alvarado-Genao, 30 127. Hassan Cooper, 32 128. Jacqueline Dicks 129. Akeem Booker, 28 130. Kester Anthony, 23 131. Javon Craig, 19 132. Shanell Hunter 133. Darren Harrison, 22 134. Maurice Lindsey, 29 135. Joshua Martino, 18 136. James Owens 137. Alastasia ``Stacey'' Bryan, 25 138. Salaya Figueroa, 27 139. Christopher Cognata 140. Seneca Scott 141. Felicita Sotillo 142. Neil Thompson 143. Tyrone Stewart 144. Rysheen Ervin, 28 145. Luis Zuniga, 22 146. Kendell Walcott, 24 147. Akming Albritton, 25 148. Imam Maulama Akonjee 149. Thara Uddin 150. Zavon Gordon, 28 151. Earnest Brown 152. George Amadeo 153. James McDowell, 23 154. Tyreen McDowell, 1 155. Drini Gjoka, 25 156. Eliyahu Moscowitz, 24 157. Daveron Sanders 158. Donald Ray Miles, 27 159. Michael Ware 160. Emily Keyes, 16 161. Charles E. ``Bert'' Miller 162. Fred Jackson, 28 163. Roberto Ramirez, 23 164. Officer Michael Michalski 165. Veronica Rutledge, 29 166. Patrice Price 167. Christa Engles, 26 168. Keshira Linnette, 26 169. Michael Carney, 26 170. Eric Brown, 23 171. Carmen Danielle Morris, 23 172. Dorothy Reardean, 25 173. Deb Christner, 28 174. Divine Vaniah Chambliss 175. DaMoni Troutman, 5 176. Corbin Wiederholt, 9 months 177. Christopher Spruill, 4 178. Sincere Peek, 5 179. Kristopher Courson, 11 180. Melvin Brady, 5 181. Mason Powell, 12 182. Carmello Ibarguen, 11 183. Edgar Padilla, 5 184. Thomas Paisie III, 7 185. Brooklyn Samiya Davis, 3 186. Christopher Scurry Jr., 8 187. Gavin Stiles, 3 188. Paxton Shannon, 3 189. Sani Holmes, 4 190. Jayden Jawan Choate, 4 191. Kahlil Burt, 11 192. Hayley Moore, 5 193. Melina H. Torres, 7 194. Mariah Davis, 5 195. Noah Sarver, 10 196. Holston Cole, 3 197. Za'veon Amari Williams, 3 198. Sha'Quille Kornegay, 2 199. Kiyan Shelton, 2 200. Devon Lofton, 7 201. A'letha Amanii Marie Burke, 6 202. Christopher Griffith, 3 203. Kimi Reylander, 9 204. Isaiah Deloatch, 4 205. Tyler Fredrick McBride, 7 206. Kadin Tige Mann, 5 207. Karmelo Johnson, 3 208. Manal ``Cash'' Abdelaziz, 3 209. William Anderson, 4 210. Kaden Nagle, 3 211. Sienna Owens, 11 212. Phabion Kemarion Runnels, 11 213. Ja'Mecca Smith, 6 214. Andrew Turner, 5 215. Eron Burks, 6 216. Blayden Ashley, 2 217. Savion Barrow, 2 218. Jayden Jamar Clay, 2 219. Daylen Makhai Head, 9 220. Waylon Dennington, 2 221. Eian H. Santiago, 6 222. Clayton James Singleton, 8 223. McKayla Dyer, 8 224. Joseph Baily, 12 225. Lamonte Streeter, 16 226. Carter Epps, 2 227. Brayden Heath, 3 228. Elijah Walker, 3 229. Dalis Cox, 3 230. Deveonna Rimson, 3 231. Chris L. Palmer, 4 232. Jonathan Kaufman, 3 233. Marques Green, 3 234. Aabriel Jones Jr., 4 235. Makayla Manners, 4 236. Darius Coleman, 3 237. Cameron Morris, 4 238. Braylon Robinson, 1 239. Jaxon Kullen White, 3 240. DaVontae Ziegler, 15 241. Stanley Custer, 7 242. Codrick McCall Jr., 4 243. Matthew Cisneros, 13 244. Stephan J. Miller, 8 245. Alexis Mercer, 3 246. Kaleb Ahles, 2 247. Randell Parks, 3 248. Corbin Wiederholt, 5 249. Ryan Welch, 4 250. Damoni Troutman, 5
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