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Progress Needed on Gun Violence

Floor Speech

Date: June 24, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. ELFRETH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith, and Wendy Winters.

Eight years ago, on June 28, 2018, a gunman killed these five members of our hometown newspaper, the Capital Gazette. Eight years later, I rise to ask my colleagues a simple question: What progress have we made so that parents don't fear for their children's lives at school dropoff, so worshipers can pray without fear, and so journalists aren't killed on the job?

Congress has a responsibility to rise above thoughts and prayers. We can and we must bring action and solutions. We share a collective responsibility to ensure that not just Annapolis but every community is safe from the scourge of gun violence that has plagued our Nation for too long.

Eight years later, I urge us to return to that collective responsibility.

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