Sheila Jackson Lee: “We can begin with this question of school safety and a tip line and best evidence and best practices. We can begin with…”

“We can begin with this question of school safety and a tip line and best evidence and best practices. We can begin with grants to ensure the safety of our schools. We can allow schools to make choices about what will make them more safe. At the same time, we must safeguard our children and their rights. We must answer the cry of the children. We will not finish our task until we have real gun safety legislation. Enough is enough. It is time to act now. I need my Republican brothers and sisters to work with me. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from the Legal Defense and Education Fund and a news article published in the New York on March 13, 2018. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC, March 12, 2018. Re H.R. 4909, the STOP School Violence Act of 2018. Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Speaker Ryan and Leader Pelosi: On behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), we write to express our concerns with H.R. 4909, the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018 (the STOP School Violence Act or Act). This bill will fail to achieve its goal of improving school safety and will instead create more dangerous conditions for students, especially students of color. Founded in 1940 by Thurgood Marshall, LDF is the nation's oldest civil rights law organization.…”