mia cerillo covered herself in her friend s blood, pretended to be dead so that she could survive. the hearing comes as pressure mounts on u.s. lawmakers to address a recent string of mass shootings. this afternoon the house will vote on a set of bills that would raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21, ban high capacity magazines and crack down on ghost gun purchases or guns that are not traceable. the bill is unlikely to garner republican support, but a different story is unfolding in the senate where the top democratic negotiator of a bipartisan package of gun bills says a deal could be reached by the end of this week. some issues on the table include addressing mental health, expanding background checks, providing incentives for states to implement red flag laws and strengthening school security. the calls for lawmakers to act got a boost on tuesday afternoon when actor matthew mcconaughey a uvalde native made an emotional plea from the white hou
five other children who all attended uvalde public schools through the 2021-2022 school year. clarissa who cleated high school, isaiah who attends uvalde high school, david morales junior high and our two youngest children julian 8 and lexi 10 who attended robb elementary. on the morning of may 24th, 2022 i dropped lexi and julian off at school a little after 7:00 a.m. my husband and i returned to the campus at 8:00 a.m. for julian s award ceremony and again at 10:30 a.m. for lexi s award ceremony. lexi received the good citizen award and was also recognized for receiving all as. at the confusion of the ceremony we took photos with her before asking her to pose for a picture with her teacher mr. reyes. that photo, her last photo ever was taken at approximately 10:54
was and stood her ground. she was direct. so today we stand for lexi, and with her voice we demand action. we want you to ban high-capacity magazines. we understand that for some people, people with money, people who fund political campaigns that guns are more important than children. at this moment we ask for progress. we seek to raise the age to purchase these weapons from 18 to 21 years of age. we seek red flag laws, stronger background checks. we also want to repeal gun manufacturers liability and immunity. you ve all seen glimpses of who lexi was, but i also want to tell you about who she would have been. if given the opportunity, lexi
would have made a positive change in this world. she wanted to attend st. mary s university in san antonio, texas on a softball scholarship. she wanted to go on to law school. that opportunity was taken from her. she was taken from us. i m a reporter, a student, a mom, a runner. i ve read to my children since they were in the womb. my husband is a law enforcement officer. he loves fishing and our babies. somewhere out there, there is a mom listening to our testimony thinking, i can t even imagine their pain. not knowing that our reality will one day be hers unless we act now. thank you for your time. thank you for your testimony.