On the recordJune 24, 2022
Today I rise as a father, a combat veteran, a gun owner, and the Representative of a community devastated by gun violence. My constituents are family and friends of those who were killed at Columbine, at the Aurora Theater, at STEM School Highlands Ranch, and at the Boulder King Soopers. As a community, we consoled each other after each one of these terrible shootings, and we demanded commonsense reform, but for too long our Nation's leaders refused to act. When I came to Congress I promised my constituents that I would fight to protect our community from gun violence. Today, I am proud to vote for the first comprehensive gun violence package in 30 years. This bill is a first step. It doesn't have everything we would hope for, but it is a step in the right direction. Today's success belongs to every Coloradan who turned their hurt into action. This long overdue progress is theirs. Mr. Speaker, I plead with my colleagues for a ``yes'' vote.
