Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act. Below are the Speaker’s remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and commend him for his leadership in bringing this important legislation to the Floor. Protecting our kids:
but right now, this is still a committee very much in shock. i think a lot of the national conversation and the debate about what does happen next? does this actually 19 you call for gun violence prevention, potential legislation on the national level, on the state level? some of that will filter down to the community on the ground right now. but right now, that is not weather talking about. they re talking about these children, and these teachers, and how to remember them. right. this additional cruelty of these moments, which is communities families need the time to grieve. but at the same time, olivia, we are over and over the urgencies of the essence, right? especially when it comes to action. you have the house expected to vote on to gun reform bills next week. the federal extreme risk protection order act, and the protecting our kids act. can you talk us through what is in these bills? certainly so. you painted attention to some of these hearings this past week, where it got
same pain. you know, we ve got to have the courage to do what s right as a body in congress. we have to have the courage. we ve got save our children. we ve got protect our families, because i know this pain of burying a child, and no parent should ever have to go through that pain. i want to i want to talk about what you plan to do about it after this with the federal extreme risk protection order act. if you will just stick with me, i want to take a quick break, and we ll come back and we ll talk about solutions that you are offering. we ll be right back with the congresswoman.
i m back with congresswoman lucy mcbath. let s talk about your law. the federal extreme risk protection order act known as a red flag law ready for a vote in the house you say would help prevent many school and mass shootings. do you think this tragedy in michigan will push congress to act? hopefully it will, but what do you think? i believe it will. i introduced this legislation and it s been marked up by the judiciary committee and actually passed out of the judiciary committee. these tools give loved ones along with law enforcement the ability to ensure when an individual poses a threat s possibly to themselves or others, they appear to be in crisis that these are tools the loved ones can use with law
ourselves in the shoes of these parents and the shoes of those who have gotten the news that every parent in this country dreads to get. the parents who have gasped for air in their desperation when they simply cannot breathe over the news of these kinds of tragedies that their children are suffering by. you know, i know that pain. and far too many parents across this country now know the very same pain. you know, we ve got to have the courage to do what s right as a body in congress. we have to have the courage. we ve got save our children. we ve got protect our families, because i know this pain of burying a child, and no parent should ever have to go through that pain. i want to i want to talk about what you plan to do about it after this with the federal extreme risk protection order