Press Releases
Mr. Speaker, I wish to pay tribute to Arnie F. Bryant— a loving family man and community leader whom I and others called friend. This year marks the eighth anniversary of Arnie’s homegoing on April 8, 2008. His family will honor him this month with a trip to Washington, DC.
Mr. Speaker, every year people all over the country acknowledge National Recovery Month. National Recovery Month recognizes the many thousands of individuals who have successfully recovered from substance use and abuse. There are millions of people at 12 step classes, Alcoholics Anonymous, and other recovery programs meeting every hour of the day and every day of the week.
Statement of Congressman Danny K. Davis on Recent Events in Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 1217, the bipartisan expanded background checks legislation, to honor the memory of Laquan McDonald, a victim of gun violence who never received a moment of silence on the House floor.
Mr. Speaker, I would much rather be discussing a bill that would get automatic and semiautomatic weapons out of our lives. Nevertheless, I strongly oppose H.R. 1270. This bill gives advantage to the most secure in our country at the expense of the vulnerable. If you really look at it, it is kind of Robin Hood health care in reverse.
Along with tens of millions of Americans in every corner of our nation, I offer my profound sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the forty-nine beautiful young people of Orlando whose lives were stolen Sunday morning.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today, along with other Members of this body and tens of millions of Americans in every corner of our Nation, to express my profound sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the 49 beautiful young people of Orlando whose lives were stolen Sunday morning.
Mr. Speaker, in this House, the Republican leadership has failed to provide sufficient investment in major emergencies facing Americans. They have refused to address the horrible epidemic of gun violence that plagues communities like mine and provides extremists an easy tool to kill dozens of people in minutes.