Sheila Jackson Lee: “I rise first of all to acknowledge my colleague, Congresswoman Corrine Brown, in whose district this heinous…”

“I rise first of all to acknowledge my colleague, Congresswoman Corrine Brown, in whose district this heinous, terroristic, hateful act occurred. I acknowledge my hometown of Houston, where, as I stand here today, they are mourning with memorials that will be held today, Tuesday, and Wednesday in solidarity with the people of Orlando, Florida. I also rise with great pain in joining my colleague, Congresswoman Brown, to introduce legislation to push and to remind individuals about the violence that is taking place through the weapons of war that we are allowing to be sold on the streets of America. It is high time for this body to stop standing in memoriam and for a 1-minute speech and to pass the ban on assault weapons and high-caliber bullets that are destroying and killing and destroying and killing. It has been told that there were bodies whose legs were taken off by the bullets. I ask this body to recognize that we can no longer talk, talk, talk. We must do, do, do. We will fight till our last breath to demand that the Constitution be respected, Mr. Speaker--as I end--the First Amendment, the right to free speech, and, yes, the Second Amendment, with the restrictions and the recognition that AR-15s are killing Americans. We must stop it now. ____________________”