Hoyer Statement on the School Shooting in Santa Fe, Texas
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For Immediate Release:
May 18, 2018
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Mariel Saez 202-225-3130
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas:
“It is disturbing and unsettling that we are bearing witness to yet another school shooting with multiple fatalities reported. Until Republicans in Congress stop blocking meaningful action on gun violence and instead work together to enact commonsense background check laws and ban the most deadly assault weapons, none of us can truly expect this carnage to lessen. That is a sad and heartbreaking fact we continue to live with in this country, one we should not have to live with. I pray again today, as I have too many times in the past, for the families of the victims, for the survivors, and for the courageous first-responders now at the scene.”
“It is disturbing and unsettling that we are bearing witness to yet another school shooting with multiple fatalities reported. Until Republicans in Congress stop blocking meaningful action on gun violence and instead work together to enact commonsense background check laws and ban the most deadly assault weapons, none of us can truly expect this carnage to lessen. That is a sad and heartbreaking fact we continue to live with in this country, one we should not have to live with. I pray again today, as I have too many times in the past, for the families of the victims, for the survivors, and for the courageous first-responders now at the scene.”