Anniversary of Pulse Nightclub Massacre

Floor Speech

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Mr. FROST. Madam Speaker, today my heart is heavy. I am brought back to this moment in history where, on June 12, 2016, 49 angels were murdered in cold blood on the dance floor and on the floor of Pulse nightclub in my city, in my district, and in my home of Orlando, Florida.

I am angry. I am angry that we live in a world and that we live in a country where gun violence can drastically change or end your life. I am angry that I serve in a Chamber where seemingly most of the folks here don't want to do a single damned thing about it. I am also angry that I have been fighting for this since I was 15, and we are still in this fight.

I express my condolences and send immense amounts of love to the families and to the survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre and tell them that we will continue to honor the lives of those 49 angels with nothing but action, with nothing but sweat equity, until we end gun violence in this country. True justice isn't one person behind bars, but it is when we can wake up with the confidence to say that this will never happen again.

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