MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALAN ARCHULETTA. ATKINS
FAITH BECKER. GORGEOUS BRADFORD
CABALLERO CORTESI. SALLY. DODD.
OH, ROZ O EGGMAN LASER GONZALEZ
GROWTH. PITTSBURGH WEST. SO,
HURTADO JONES. KAMLAGER LAIRD
LABOR LIMÓN MCGUIRE, MELINDA'S
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YOURSELF IN SUSPENSE AND
INCOMPLETE. GRACIOUS GOD HELP US
DISCERN WHERE WE NEED TO WAIT
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PREPARED. PLEASE READ. SENATE
RESOLUTION 89 BY SENATOR SKINNER
RELATIVE TO NATIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY. SENATOR
SKINNER. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT AND
MEMBERS. 89 DECLARES JUNE 3RD.
WHICH IS THE 25TH BIRTHDAY OF
HADIYA PENDLETON. WHO WAS SHOT
DOWN WHEN SHE WAS 15 YEARS OLD
IN CHICAGO. AND 89 DECLARES.
JUNE 3RD NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE
AWARENESS STAY IN CALIFORNIA.
DÍAS NO MORE SPECIAL. THAN ANY
OTHER CON VICTIM. OTHER THAN HER
FRIENDS ORGANIZED TO RECOGNIZE
THIS DAY AND THE MARKET BY
WEARING ORANGE HE IS OTHERWISE
ORDINARY. BECAUSE SHE IS JUST
ONE.OF TWO TOO MANY. THE OFFICE
OF CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH TO
FIND SOME MESS SHOOTING AS ANY
EVENT THAT HAS FOUR MORE
VICTIMS. IF YOU TAKE THAT
DEFINITION, YOU APPLY IT JUST TO
THIS YEAR, 2022. WE HAVE HAD 214
MASS SHOOTINGS SO FAR, 214 WE
ARE NOT EVEN GIVEN THE SPACE TO
GRIEVE BEFORE ANOTHER TAKES
PLACE. NONE OF THESE EVENTS OR
UNIQUE OR THE SAME. OTHER THAN
ANOTHER KEEPS TAKING PLACE. AND
OTHER THAN THAT WAS A PERSON.
ARMED WITH A GUN WHO SHOT
OTHERS. SACRAMENTO PEOPLE
ENJOYING A NIGHT OUT GUNNED DOWN. YOU'VE ALL DAY, INNOCENT
CHILDREN AND TEACHERS KILLED BY
A WEAPON OF WAR. AND YESTERDAY
IN TULSA. HOSPITAL WORKERS AND
PATIENTS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
WE CAN ACCEPT LIVING IN A
COUNTRY. WHERE IT IS NO LONGER
SAFE JUST TO GO TO CHURCH TO GO
SHOPPING TO DO ANY OF OUR DAY TO
DAY BUSINESS. WHERE WE RISK
ENCOUNTERING SOMEONE WITH A GUN
WHO CAN SHOOT US DOWN. ANYTIME
WE GO ABOUT OUR DAY TO DAY
BUSINESS WHAT ARE WE TEACHING
OUR CHILDREN WHEN WE HAVE
NORMALIZED? ACTIVE SHOOTER
DRILLS. KIDS HIDING UNDER
TABLES. AND A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL
SMEARING THE BLOOD OF HER FRIEND
ON HERSELF. TO THINK THAT THAT
MIGHT CAUSE THAT SHOOTER TO
THINK SHE WAS DEAD. PRAYERS ARE
MEANINGLESS IN THE FACE OF WHAT
WE HAVE ALLOWED. THE GOD OF ALL
OF OUR FAITHS WOULD NOT CONDONE
THIS VIOLENCE OR THIS
NORMALIZATION OF WEAPONS OF WAR.
I DON'T WANT TO LIST THE FACTS
I'M ABOUT TO STATE. BECAUSE I
DON'T WANT TO KNOW. OR
ACKNOWLEDGE? AYE. DON'T EVEN
READ THE NEWS ANYMORE. MY STAFF
HAVE TO PUT THESE THINGS
TOGETHER FOR ME BECAUSE I FEEL
SICK TO MY STOMACH. YESTERDAY I
SHOOK IN MY OFFICE. I LITERALLY
SHOOK. I DON'T WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE AS AMERICANS
ARE ALLOWING OURSELVES TO LIVE
IN THIS TERROR THAT WE HAVE
ALLOWED THE TYRANNY OF AN
INDUSTRY AND A MINORITY OF
AMERICANS TO HOLD US ALL
HOSTAGE. AN INDUSTRY AND A
MINORITY THAT IS MANIPULATED AND
AMENDMENT OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
TO JUSTIFY UNREGULATED ACCESS
AND USE OF WEAPONS OF WAR. WE
HAVE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO LIVE
KNOWING THAT OUR CHILDREN OUR
LOVED ONES AND OURSELVES COULD
BECOME VICTIMS AT ANY MOMENT.
JUST AS RESULT OF LIVING HERE.
BUT THESE ARE THE FACTS THAT I'M
ABOUT TO STATE. AND I STATE THEM
NOT TO BE NUMB AND NOT TO BECOME
COMPLACENT. MORE AMERICANS HAVE
DIED FROM GUNSHOT. AS OF TODAY.
THAN ALL. ALL OF THE U. S
CASUALTIES OF EVERY WAR WE HAVE
EVER ENGAGED IN SINCE THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 200 OR MORE
AMERICANS ARE SHOT EVERY DAY.
GUNS HAVE NOW OUTSTRIPPED CARS
AS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
FOR PEOPLE UNDER AGE 20. THAT'S
OUR CHILDREN. OUR TEAMS. IN
EVERY MONTH. AN AVERAGE OF 70
WOMEN IN AMERICA ARE SHOT AND
KILLED BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER.
GUN DEATHS JUST KEEP GOING UP.
THERE WERE 39,000 AND 2019.
45,000 AND 2020. I'M ANGRY. ALL
OF US SHOULD BE BUT WE HAVE TO
CHANNEL THAT ANGER. IT TAKES
EVERY BIT OF STRENGTH IN MY
BEING TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN
TURN THIS MADNESS AROUND. IT IS
SO HARD TO IMAGINE, BUT WE CAN'T
GIVE THAT UP. WE CAN'T CAN CAN
YOU STAND TO SEE ANOTHER 19
CHILDREN GUNNED DOWN. WE HAVE
THE POWER TO STOP IT. IT DOES
NOT HAPPEN IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY
ON THIS PLANET. OUR GUN LAWS
WORK. WE KNOW IT. THE NUMBERS
PROVE IT. CALIFORNIA IS SAFER.
MASSACHUSETTS IS SAFER. NEW YORK
IS SAFER. HAWAII IS SAFER. ALL
OF US ANYWHERE IN THE U. S.
COULD BE SAFER AND TO GIVE UP
HIS TO ACQUIESCE TO MORE DEATHS
, AND IT IS EQUIVALENT TO SAYING
THAT WE SAID YES. TO ANY OF OUR
LOVED ONES DYING FROM A GUN OR
OURSELVES. I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME
IN DECLARING JUNE 3RD AS
NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS
DAY. AND I ASKED FOR YOUR YES
VOTE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I
ASK FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO ACT
AND TO RESPECT THE OVERWHELMING
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS. WHO WANT ASSAULT
RIFLES, WEAPONS OF WAR OFF OF
OUR STREETS WHO WANT BACKGROUND
CHECKS AND A WAITING PERIOD AND
WHO WANT RED FLAG LAWS AT
MINIMUM. TO HELP US TURN THIS
MADNESS AROUND. AND TO END THE
TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY AND AN
INDUSTRY DRIVEN BY PROFITS AND
NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE. I ASK
YOU TO MAKE AMERICANS SAFER.
SENATOR MEN. THANK YOU, MADAM
PRESIDENT. I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUE FROM BERKELEY FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I JOIN
MY COLLEAGUES IN SUPPORT OF S. R
89 COMMEMORATING NATIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE AWARENESS FAKE I
REPRESENT THE 37TH
SENATE-DISTRICT, WHICH IS HOME
TO SOME OF THE SAFEST
COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY. UM
AND YET WE HAVE NOT BEEN IMMUNE
TO MASS SHOOTINGS. OF COURSE, WE
HAD THE RECENT SHOOTING IN
LAGUNA WOODS IN A CHURCH. LAST
YEAR. YOU MAY REMEMBER WE HAD
THE MASS SHOOTING IN ORANGE IN
AN OFFICE PARK IN MARCH,
FOLLOWED BY THE SHOOTING OF A
LITTLE BOY LITTLE SIX YEAR OLD
IN LEO'S ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN HE
WAS IN HIS CAR SEAT.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO PLACE
THAT'S SAFE TODAY. CHURCHES
TEMPLES, CARS, PLACES OF WORK
HOSPITALS, COLLEGE CAMPUSES,
MOVIE THEATERS, DANCE CLUBS,
GROCERY STORES. THERE IS NO
COMMUNITY. THERE IS NO PLACE
WHERE WE'RE SAFE FROM THE
SPECTER OF GANG VIOLENCE. WE'VE
HAD SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE JUST
SHOCKED OUR CONSCIENCE OVER AND
OVER AND OVER SANDY HOOK. SAN
BERNARDINO. ISLA VISTA SEAL
BEACH. THE ORLANDO PULSE
NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING SUTHERLAND
SPRINGS, LAS VEGAS PARKLAND AND
SO MANY OTHERS NOW IS MY
COLLEAGUE MENTIONED. WE'VE HAD A
SPATE OF SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR.
233 MASS SHOOTINGS, ACCORDING TO
GUN VIOLENCE ARCHIVE. AND WE'RE
ONLY 153 DAYS INTO THE YEAR.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE CANNOT
ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE
DESENSITIZED TO THIS. WE CANNOT
ALLOW OURSELVES TO FEEL LIKE WE
CAN. AND NOT ACT TO STOP THIS.
WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO BECOME
THE NEW NORMAL. NOW THE GUN
LOBBY WOULD LIKE TO TELL US THAT
THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM OF GUNS.
IT'S A PROBLEM OF MENTAL HEALTH
OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR VIDEO GAMES
OR SINGLE PARENTS OR DRUGS,
ADDICTION ANXIETY. AND YET THESE
PROBLEMS EXIST IN EVERY OTHER
COUNTRY AND EVERY COMMUNITY IN
THE WORLD. WE ARE THE ONLY
COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS THIS STATE
TO CONTINUE AND THE ONLY
EXCEPTION THAT WE HAVE THE ONLY
WAY IN WHICH WE ARE DIFFERENT
FROM OUR COUNTERPARTS. IS THAT
WE ALLOW UNFETTERED ACCESS TO
GUNS AND PARTICULARLY WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION. THESE ASSAULT
WEAPONS THAT HAVE PROLIFERATED
SINCE THE LAPS OF THE ASSAULT
WEAPONS BAN IN 2013. WE NOW HAVE
20 R 15 TYPE GUNS, ASSAULT
RIFLES IN THIS COUNTRY 400
MILLION FIREARMS. WE DON'T NEED
THAT MANY GUNS. THERE IS NO
PURPOSE FOR AN AIR 15 OTHER THAN
TO SHOOT LOTS OF PEOPLE. THERE
ARE SOLUTIONS OUT THERE. WE KNOW
THAT IN THE 19 SIXTIES, WE'RE
FACING A SIMILAR DILEMMA WITH
HOW TO REGULATE AUTOMOBILES. WE
OUGHT TO BE REGULATING GUNS AND
GUN VIOLENCE AT LEAST AS
STRINGENTLY AS WE REGULARLY
AUTOMOBILES. THERE ARE SOLUTIONS
OUT THERE WE BECOME RESEARCHING
THEM. AND I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE
HAVE THE WILL TO ACT. IF WE HAVE
THE WILL TO ACT IN THIS STATE
AND LEAD WE CAN SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM OF GUN VIOLENCE. THIS
RESOLUTION HONORS THE VICTIMS
AND SURVIVORS AGAIN VIOLENCE
WITH THE PROMISE OF ACTION TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A
FUTURE REALITY WHERE OUR KIDS
OURSELVES CAN FEEL SAFE FROM GUN
VIOLENCE. NOW MY COLLEAGUE FROM
BERKELEY SO ELOQUENTLY DESCRIBED
THE ANGUISH OF OUR CHILDREN. THE
CHILDREN WHO DIED. THE CHILDREN
WHO SURVIVED. EVERY VICTIM OUT
THERE. WHO IS SORT OF GUN
VIOLENCE. EVERY SURVIVOR WHO'S
EXPERIENCED GUN VIOLENCE. I WANT
YOU TO THINK ABOUT THEM FOR A
MOMENT THERE WERE ALL CENTERS OF
THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEY ALL HAD
PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM. MOTHERS,
FATHERS, CHILDREN. SISTERS
BROTHERS, FRIENDS AND EVERY LIFE
THAT WAS SNUFFED OUT TOO EARLY
BECAUSE OF GUN VIOLENCE WAS A
LIFE THAT WAS JUST DESTRUCTIVE
TO THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE
HAVE TO ACT TO PROTECT OUR
COMMUNITIES FROM GUN VIOLENCE.
AND SO I URGE YOU ALL TO NOT
ONLY VOTE YESTERDAY IN SUPPORT
OF 89, BUT TO CONTINUE TO CARRY
FOR CARRY FORWARD THE RESOLUTION
AND WILL TO ACT ON THIS. THANK
YOU. SENATOR PEN. THANK YOU,
MADAM. PRESIDENT SENATORS TO
RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF THIS
ARE 89. I WANT TO THANK MY GOOD
FRIEND FROM BERKELEY FOR BOTH
AUTHORING THIS RESOLUTION. HER
WORDS. UM. BUT MAKE NO TO SHE
MENTIONED YESTERDAY AND THE NEWS
WAS SHOOTING IN THE HOSPITAL. IN
TULSA. IT WAS NOT THE ONLY
SHOOTING IN THE HOSPITAL BY THE
WAY YESTERDAY THERE WAS ALSO
ANOTHER ONE IN DAYTON, OHIO. SO
WE HAVE SO MANY EVENTS NOW IT
WASN'T TECHNICALLY A MASS
SHOOTING BECAUSE ONLY TWO PEOPLE
DIED IN DAYTON VERSUS WHAT
HAPPENED IN TULSA. BUT WE GOT TO
THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE
EVEN HAVE SO MANY. VIOLENT GUN.
VIOLENT EVENTS THAT ARE NEWS
CAME AND COVER THEM ALL. RIGHT?
SO THE FACT THAT WE HAD TWO
SHOOTINGS IN THE HOSPITAL IN A
HOSPITAL SETTING IN THE SAME
DAY. OF COURSE WE HEAR MAINLY
ABOUT ONE, WHICH IS THE MORE YOU
KNOW WHICH WOULD INVOLVE MORE
PEOPLE. BUT IS THAT REALLY WHAT
WE WANT IN OUR SOCIETY? AND OF
COURSE, IS A YOU KNOW THE OTHER
REASON I HAD TO RAISE MY
MICROPHONE AS A PEDIATRICIAN. AS
A PARENT. I SADLY HAVE TO SAY
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH IN CHILDREN NOW.
THE LEADING. NOW I WOULD I WOULD
MAKE NOTE. MY GOOD FRIEND FROM
ORANGE COUNTY TALKED ABOUT MOTOR
VEHICLES ACTUALLY INTERESTING
ENOUGH MOTOR VEHICLES, UM, USED
TO BE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
IN CHILDREN. AND INTERESTING
ENOUGH IF YOU LOOK BACK 10 YEARS
THE NUMBERS ARE MAYBE 10 OR 12
YEARS, THE NUMBER OF THE RATE OF
MOTOR VEHICLE THAT'S UH THAT'S
RELATED MORE VEHICLES FOR
CHILDREN WAS ABOUT TWICE THAT OF
GUNS. AND WELL, CERTAINLY THE
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM GUNS HAS
GONE UP. THE REASON GUN VIOLENCE
IS NOW THE LEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH IS BECAUSE ALSO, WE WERE
ABLE TO BRING DOWN THE CAR
NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS.
AND INTERESTING ENOUGH IS WE
LOOKED AT THE DATA ON MOTOR
VEHICLE DEATHS. WE DIDN'T HAVE
PEOPLE SCREAMING THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO TAKE AWAY PEOPLE'S
CARS OR TRUCKS. WE SAID WHAT
IT'S SAFER ONES. WE WANTED.
SAFER VEHICLES. WE WANTED SAFER
STREETS AND TRAFFIC. AND OTHER
TYPES OF THINGS WE DID TO CREATE
A SAFER ENVIRONMENT. AND WE WERE
ABLE TO BRING DOWN THE NUMBER OF
MOTOR VEHICLE DEATHS.
UNFORTUNATELY WE ACTUALLY WENT
THE OTHER WAY WITH GUNS. AND SO
THE LINES HAVE INTERSECTED AND
NOW GUNS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE
OF DEATH IN CHILDREN. THE OTHER
POINT I WANT TO MAKE THOSE IS
THAT THIS IS NOT INEVITABLE. WE
CAN ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT. SO HERE IN CALIFORNIA. WE
HAVE PASSED THE VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS,
AND ACTUALLY, OUR STATE HAS ONE
OF THE LOWER RATES COMPARED TO
OTHER STATES. OF GUN VIOLENCE
CERTAINLY HAVE HAD HER INCIDENTS
AND WE CAN RATTLE THEM OFF OF
GUN VIOLENCE INCIDENTS THAT
HAPPENED HERE IN CALIFORNIA, SO
WE'RE NOT IMMUNE, AND WE ARE
PART OF THE LARGER COUNTRIES SO
WE ARE NOT IMMUNE THAT WAY. BUT
THAT WOULD MAKE NOTE THAT OUR
GUN LAWS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN
REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF DEATH.
AND. BUT ALSO MAKE NOTE THAT OF
COURSE, THE REASON WE NEED TO
HAVE NATIONAL ACTION. IS BECAUSE
, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S ALSO DATA
THAT SHOWS THAT INTEREST ENOUGH
WHEN THERE ARE GUN SHOWS IN
NEVADA, THE NUMBER OF SHOOTINGS
IN CALIFORNIA GOES UP. NOW WHEN
THERE ARE GUN SHOWS IN
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDER
OUR LAWS THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
CYLINDER GUNSHOWS ACROSS THE
BORDER. THEN IT GOES UP. SO
SOMETIMES PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AND
SAY THINGS LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU
KNOW, CHICAGO WHEREVERELSEWHERE
, THEY'RE BORDERING STATES,
WHERE THEY HAVE MUCH MORE LESS
STRICT. GUN SAFETY LAWS. SO WE
KNOW OURS WORK, BUT WE ALSO KNOW
THAT WE NEED TO WORK TO CHANGE
THIS IN THE COUNTRY. SO WITH
THAT I WOULD JUST AGAIN. UM. ONE
URGES SUPPORT FOR S R 89 WE NEED
TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS. THEY'RE
LIKE THEY'RE THE LOSS OF THEIR
LIVES IS NOT INEVITABLE. AND HOW
LONG DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO
TOLERATE? GUN VIOLENCE BEING THE
LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF
CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTRY. WE
ACTUALLY CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT. I RESPECTFULLY ASK WHEN I
VOTE. SENATOR RUBIO. THANK YOU,
MADAM PRESIDENT. LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE TODAY I
RISE AND STRONG SUPPORT OF S. R
89 AS A PROUD CO AUTHOR, WHICH
ESTABLISHES JUNE 3RD AS
NATIONALS GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS
STATE. AS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR
AND VICTIMS ADVOCATE. I AM
EXTREMELY HEARTBROKEN EVERY TIME
WE HEAR A LOT OF LIFE'S LOST DUE
TO GUN VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY IN
OUR SCHOOLS. THE SHOOTING IN
TEXAS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. I
WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO
THINK OF ALL THOSE CHILDREN WE
LOST IN THE TEACHERS THAT ALSO
LOST THEIR LIVES. IT HITS HOME.
I CAN REMEMBER SO MANY TIMES
THAT WE HAD LOCKDOWN DRILLS
PRACTICES ASKED THE CHILDREN TO
STAY CALM TO SIT DOWN TO HIDE.
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT ANY OF
THAT PRACTICE IS ANY MATCH FOR
ASSAULT RIFLES AND WEAPONS OF
WAR. THESE CHILDREN AND TEACHERS
DID THE RIGHT THING. AS ALREADY
STATED SO MANY HITS. EVEN A
LITTLE GIRL PUTTING BLOOD ON HER
FACE JUST TO PLAY DEAD. AND ONCE
AGAIN THERE WERE NO MATCH FOR
THESE WEAPONS THAT ARE OUT ON
THEIR STREETS, KILLING OUR
CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, OUR
NEIGHBORS. THIS DINNER FOR
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
REPORTED THAT THE RATE OF GUN
DEATHS OF CHILDREN 14 AND
YOUNGER ROSE BY ROUGHLY 50% FROM
THE END OF 2019 TO THE END OF
2020. BECOMING THE LEADING CAUSE
OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENTS IN THIS COUNTRY. AS
AN ADVOCATE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
VICTIMS. I KNOW THAT OVER HALF
OF ALL INTIMATE PARTNER
HOMICIDES ARE COMMITTED WITH
GUNS. AND WOMEN, A WOMAN IS FIVE
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED
WHEN HER ABUSER HAS A GUN AT
HOME. WE NEED TO DEMAND
RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP. WE
ALREADY HEARD THE STATISTICS. SO
I WANT TO REPEAT EVERY MONTH. AN
AVERAGE OF 70 WOMEN IN AMERICA
ARE SHOT BY AN INTIMATE PARTNER.
OVER 200 AMERICANS WERE SHOT
EVERY DAY. WHEN WILL IT BE
ENOUGH? WHEN WILL WE START
ACTING AND TRYING TO KEEP OUR
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SAFE? I
LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT ALL OF US
HERE CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES
AND THAT WE CARE TO KEEP OUR
FAMILIES SAFE, AND THIS IS NOT
ABOUT TAKING ANYBODY'S GUN AWAY
JUST ABOUT RESPONSIBLE GUN
OWNERSHIP. AND MAKING SURE. THAT
THEY'RE USED SAFELY AND BY THOSE
THAT ARE COMPETENT AND KNOW HOW
TO USE A GUN SAFELY OR NOT
EXPERIENCING MENTAL BREAKDOWNS
ARE HAVING EMOTIONAL ISSUES.
ONCE AGAIN, THESE TRAGEDIES
COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. TODAY I
ASKED THAT WE ACT TO END GUN
VIOLENCE. LET'S START PROTECTING
OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILIES, OUR
COMMUNITIES WITH THAT. I ASKED
FOR AN I VOTE. THANK YOU. IS
THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE? SEEING NONE. SENATOR
SKINNER, YOU MAY CONCLUDE. THANK
YOU, MADAM. PRESIDENT MEMBERS.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
COMMENTS. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE
MY HEART BROKEN READING ABOUT
ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING. I DO NOT
WANT MY GRAND BABY SHOT AT
SCHOOL. I ASK YOU TO STOP THE
MADNESS AND VOTE? YES. ON S R
89. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL
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ATKINS. I FAITH AYE, BECKER.
GORGEOUS. BRADFORD. I CABRERA
ORTEZ. I DOLLY. AYE, DODD. AYE,
DURAZO. AYE, EGGMAN. GLASER.
AYE. GONZALES. GROWTH. AYE,
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I KNOW A BOGEY. I PAN
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MEMBERS ARE GOING TO RETURN TO
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. SO IF YOU WOULD ALL SIT DOWN,
PLEASE? MADAM PRO TIM. THE FLOOR
IS YOURS. MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. COLLEAGUES AND RISE
TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CIVIC
LEADER ALPEROVITCH WHO DIED LAST
MONTH AT THE AGE OF 72. I WAS
BORN ON MARCH 9TH 1950 IN LOS
ANGELES IMMEDIATELY AFTER
GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN
1968. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY
AND WENT TO VIETNAM AS A FIREMAN
RECRUIT. HE HAD A DISTINGUISHED
30 YEAR MILITARY CAREER.
RECEIVED A DIRECT COMMISSION AS
AN INCIDENT IN 1978 AND WAS
PROMOTED TO COMMANDER. HE
RETIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1998. HE
WAS AWARDED OVER 40 MILITARY
DECORATIONS, INCLUDING THE
LEGION OF MERIT MEDAL, TWO
MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDALS. A
PURPLE HEART. THREE NAVY
COMMENDATION MEDALS TO COMBAT
ACTION RIBBONS AND EIGHT VIETNAM
SERVICE MEDALS. AFTER RETIRING
FROM THE NAVY, AL BECAME THE
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF VIETNAM
VETERANS OF SAINT DIEGO. AND
DEDICATED THE NEXT 10 YEARS
SUPPORTING HOMELESS AND AT RISK
VETERANS IN SAN DIEGO AND ACROSS
THE NATION. HE LED IN DEVELOPING
AND BUILDING THE VETERANS
VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO, A STATE OF
THE ART EARLY TREATMENT FACILITY
FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. DURING
HIS TENURE AS CEO, THE
ORGANIZATION BECAME A NATIONAL
MODEL AND WAS THE RECIPIENT OF
NUMEROUS LOCAL AND NATIONAL
AWARDS FOR THE SERVICES IT
PROVIDED. BOTH AL AND HIS WIFE,
DARCY, A CHAPLAIN. FOR
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE COORDINATION
AND SUCCESS OF THE VETERANS
VILLAGES ANNUAL STAND DOWN. THIS
THREE DAY EVENT PROVIDES
VETERANS EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS WITH SUPPLIES
SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD, CLOTHING
, PERSONAL HYGIENE CARE, HEALTH
SCREENINGS, HOUSING SOLUTIONS,
PET RESOURCES. EMPLOYMENT
INFORMATION, LEGAL ASSISTANCE
AND BENEFITS, COUNSELING AND
REFERRALS. THIS EVENT STARTED IN
SAN DIEGO AND HAS BEEN
REPLICATED WITH MORE THAN 200
STAND DOWN THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY. AND THE MILITARY AMONG
US AND OTHERS MIGHT KNOW THAT
STAND DOWN SO NAMED BECAUSE IT
MEANS RESPITE PEACE AMIDST THE
CHAOS OF WAR. IT WAS APTLY NAMED
TO APPLY TO THE HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS THAT NEEDED
SERVICES. IN 2000 AND EIGHT AL
BECAME CEO MERITUS OF VETERANS
VILLAGE OF SAN DIEGO. ALICE
SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, DARCY, HIS
MOTHER CANDY. HIS DAUGHTER,
CANDACE, AND HER HUSBAND,
CHRISTOPHER, HIS DAUGHTER,
KIMBER AND HER HUSBAND, DAVID.
HIS GRANDCHILDREN. ALEXIS JOSEPH
LUCAS, SARAH CARSON AND KIRA.
BROTHERS STEVE AND MARTY, AND
MANY MANY CHOSEN SONS AND
DAUGHTERS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
, SERVICE TO COUNTRY, FAMILY AND
OTHERS WAS IMPERATIVE IN HIS
LIFE. OUR POSITIVELY ALTERED THE
LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF VETERANS
AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND THAT IS
HIS LEGACY. HE SAW THE GOOD IN
EVERYONE, NEVER JUDGING. AND HE
MADE EVERYONE FEEL LIKE THEY
WERE PART OF HIS FAMILY. I WAS
INCREDIBLY HONORED. TO KNOW HIM.
SO I ASK THAT YOU JOIN ME IN
ADJOURNING IN MEMORY OF OUR PAST
IT PLEASE BRING HIS NAME FORWARD
TO THE DESK SO THAT HE MAY BE
APPROPRIATELY MEMORIALIZED BY
THE SENATE. UNDER MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS. SENATOR KOBO GYU
HAD AN ISSUE OR QUESTION. THANK
YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM. I
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO
REMOVE VIRAL ITEM 8 12, MAYBE 14
26 FROM THE INACTIVE FILE,
PLEASE SO ORDERED. IS THERE
ANYONE ELSE UNDER MOTIONS AND
RESOLUTIONS? SEEING NONE. IF
THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS,
SENATOR ATKINS A DESK IS CLEAR.
MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. OUR NEXT FLOOR SESSION IS
SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY. JUNE 6TH
2022 AT TWO P.M. THANK YOU.
MEMBERS OF SENATE WILL BE IN
RECESS UNTIL 3 30, AT WHICH TIME
THE ADJOURNMENT MOTION WILL BE
PLACED. WE WILL WE WILL
RECONVENE AND SEE YOU ALL BACK
HERE ON MONDAY AT TWO PM. UM.