On the recordMarch 14, 2018
Today marks 1 month since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; 1 month since we lost 14 students and 3 teachers in yet another senseless act of gun violence; 1 month since the survivors inside those hallways have seen their lives changed forever. The survivors and the grieving families are not just grieving their loss. They are helping to change the direction of this Congress and the direction of this country. Mr. Speaker, I am leaving from here to go join the thousands of students who have descended upon the Capitol today, whose leadership will help guide the direction of this country, and who understand that 1 month after the horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School--1 month in--and this Congress has failed to act. There are thousands out there today. There will be hundreds of thousands and millions more in the weeks ahead. The community that I represent, Mr. Speaker, will not be defined in the future by the tragedy that happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. It will be defined by the leadership of the student survivors who are inspiring a nation and helping to take us to a place where children can feel safe going to school in the morning and parents can know that when they take their kids to school in the morning, they will be able to pick them up safely at the end of the day. That is the result of this tragedy. That is what this is going to mean for our country.…
