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6.1.22 "Protect Our Kids Act" Markup Judiciary Remarks: Fear That My Child Is Dead, and That I Was Unable To Protect
6.1.22 "Protect Our Kids Act" Markup Judiciary Remarks: Fear That My Child Is Dead, and That I Was Unable To Protect
6.1.22 "Protect Our Kids Act" Markup Judiciary Remarks: Fear That My Child Is Dead, and That I Was Unable To Protect
We are paying for the weapons of war on our streets with the
blood of children sitting in our schools.
We are paying for this deadly gun culture with the lives of the
American people. With the lives of those who we here today
are sworn to protect.
phone call that brings you to your knees when the desperation
will not let you stand, that leaves you gasping for air when the
agony will not let you breathe.
And for days and months and years after, you cry out to God in
your grief.
Do our children have the right to live free from the trauma that
only stepping over a friend covered in blood could ever bring?
Do parents enjoy the right to drop their kid off at school and
expect to see them come home?
Do we, as a nation, have the God given right to live free from
this scourge (SKURGE) of gun violence, of senseless suffering, of
death and despair?
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Because this is the time. This is our moment. We are facing the
challenge of our lifetime and the issue of our era. And we must
summon the courage to do what is right. The courage to
Protect our Kids. To protect the future of America.
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