Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the scourge of mass shootings currently plaguing my community and other communities around the Nation. The Gun Violence Archive, Mr. Speaker, which is a not-for-profit corporation that tracks and disseminates information on mass shootings, defines mass shootings as incidents where four or more people are injured or killed as a result of gunfire. Using this metric, Mr. Speaker, there have been 33 mass shootings in my district in the past 5 years, and eight so far this year--33 mass shootings in my district in the past 5 years and eight so far this very year. Mr. Speaker, our national consciousness has been shocked by the tragedies in Ohio and Texas, as it should very well be, but we seem increasingly numb to the everyday violence taking place in cities like Chicago and Baltimore and other places throughout the Nation, especially when that violence impacts people of color. Mr. Speaker, clearly, the events that took place in Dayton, El Paso, and Odessa deserve our most serious and intense attention. These are despicable acts carried out by despicable actors. I only wish, Mr. Speaker, that every single mass shooting in our Nation received the same intense and undivided attention. There are men, women, and children being murdered and maimed on an almost daily basis across our Nation. Their names, Mr. Speaker, are easily forgotten and not remembered. Their stories will not be read aloud on the national news.…”