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Sheila Jackson Lee: I thank the chairman, and I certainly thank the ranking member for being present here today. I hold up in my hand pages…

On the recordFebruary 27, 2019
I thank the chairman, and I certainly thank the ranking member for being present here today. I hold up in my hand pages and pages of mass shootings, which I will include in the Record. List of Mass Shootings Since Columbine Massacre (By Zayed Abdalla, Feb 20, 2018) Below is a list of all mass shootings in the United States which occurred after the Columbine High School Massacre. Dates and death tolls (excluding the shooter) are included. Although many other mass shootings have occurred, for the sake of time and physical space, only shootings involving the death of five or more people have been included in this article. 1. Columbine High School Shooting, Littleton, Colorado-- April 1999: 13 Dead 2. Atlanta Shootings, Atlanta, Georgia--July 1999: 12 Dead 3. Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting, Fort Worth, Texas-- September 1999: 7 Dead 4. Xerox Killings, Honolulu, Hawaii--November 1999: 7 Dead 5. Tampa Hotel Shootings, Tampa, Florida--December 1999: 5 Dead 6. Wakefield Massacre, Wakefield, Massachusetts--December 2000: 7 Dead 7. Lockheed Martin Shooting, Median, Mississippi--July 2003: 6 Dead 8. Living Church of God Shooting, Brookfield, Wisconsin-- March 2005: 7 Dead 9. Red Lake High School, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota--March 2005: 9 Dead 10. Goleta Postal Shootings, Goleta, California--January 2006: 7 Dead 11. Capitol Hill Massacre, Seattle Washington--March 2006: 6 Dead 12.…
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Sheila Jackson Lee
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Feb 27, 2019

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