Chair is declare the subcommittee will come to order. We welcome anyone to this mornings hearing. Substantial threats to Gun Violence and Mass Shootings. Address and Distribution List dedicated to circulating exhibits motions or other written materials that members might want to offer as apartment of our Hearing Today. If you would like to submit materials please send them to email address that has been previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate the materials the members and staff as quickly as we can. I would also ask all members to mute your myophone when youre not speaking. This will help prevent feedback and other technical issues. You may unmute yourself any time you seek recognition and as well when youre speaking you may not have your mask. I will now recognize myself for an ongoing of this hearing for an Opening Statement. Were here today on may 20th, 2021, when throughout america states have rates of death by guns of 12, 15, 22 of our population. America stil
Witnesses, just want to take note of the fact of the introductions that many of these witnesses have experienced their own personal stories of Gun Violence. I want to say to them that they have our concern and our hearts focus on their loss. The next witness knows that loss all to personally, and that indicated earlier as i introduced him, that he is taken that to serve america. Mr. Guttenberg, you are eulogy at this time for five minutes. Thank you. Thank you. Chairwoman jackson lee, ranking member biggs, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you finding me to testify today. I name is fred guttenberg. Im a father of two amazing chili, jessie and jimmy. On february 14, 2018, my daughter jaime was murdered alongside 13 other children and three adults at Margaret Stoneman douglas high school in berkeley for the my son jesse now 20 lives with a permanent scars of having heard his sister shot. I am a father who lives with the sound of a single shot severing my daughter spinal c
as part of the conference in washington is about 90 minutes. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] 90 minutes. let s get ready for this next panel which i am excited about. first, i want to introduce our next speaker. my good friend. almostknown bonita for 20 years now. for every step of her career, fighting at the wrongful defense fund, fighting in texas, fighting for immigrant rights, andng mass incarceration running the most active and effective civil rights division in modern history is the assistant attorney general for the civil rights division, to now be head of the leadership conference on civil and human rights, she has always been guided by her sense of justice and she always leads with her heart and her values. she s one of my closest and dearest friends. she s also someone i look up to and consider a hero. i m so very, very proud of her and i love for her to join me on the stage right now. thank you. [applause] hi. good morning, everyone. a
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