GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS FROM OHIO

On 2018-10-05, Representative Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2) delivered a floor speech titled "GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS FROM OHIO" in the House. The speech addressed gun policy and also covered foreign policy, Israel.

GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS FROM OHIO

Congressional Record, Volume 164 Issue 166 (Friday, October 5, 2018) [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 166 (Friday, October 5, 2018)] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages E1378-E1379] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS FROM OHIO ______ HON. ROBIN L. KELLY of illinois in the house of representatives Friday, October 5, 2018 Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because Americans continue to die from gun violence while this House is on vacation. For more than a year, I've been coming to the House Floor to read the names of gun violence victims that this House--the People's House-- has failed by our inability to act and save lives. To date, I've read 2,213 names. Each one of them, an American whose life and family have been immeasurably changed forever. And what has the response from this House been? Silence. Nothing but cold silence. Do these names make my colleagues uncomfortable? Do they remind them that real people are impacted by gun violence on a daily basis? Do these names give them a moment of pause before they gleefully accept that next NRA check? Mr. Speaker, today, I want to recognize gun violence victims from Ohio, a state that the NRA has poured tens of thousands of dollars into over this cycle. These are the names of 163 Ohioans, from just four Congressional Districts, who've been impacted by gun violence. These people have been shot, many have lost their lives, and still this House majority does nothing to prevention gun violence. The Majority only offers `thoughts and prayers' while families continue to be torn apart. That's just wrong. Mr. Speaker, here are the names of those 163 Ohioans that this House has failed: Ohio's 10th Congressional District 1. Adriaunna Jackson 2. Jvontae Johnston 3. Khmorra Helton, 8 4. Kaiden Helton, 6 5. Elijah Jaden Johnson, 1 6. Diana Hicks 7. Shawn D. Smith Jr. 8. Lamont M. Robinson 9. Christian Green, 2 10. Charles Vincent Ashford, 17 11. James Rutledge 12. Ronnie Bowers, 16 13. Devonta Hoskins, 17 14. Jawaad Jabbar, 16 15. Isaiah Haggins Jr., 16 16. Deandre Choice, 15 17. Melinda Pleskovic 18. Jeffrey Brennan 19. Steven Bonsell 20. Thomas Sams 21. Roberta R. John 22. Rogell E. John 23. David Milliken, 18 24. Robert Sposit 25. Emily Young 26. Cindy Gesaman 27. Christal Shaver 28. Randy Szychowicz 29. Randy L. Budd 30. Deshawn Trae McGee 31. Andre Nooks 32. Marcus Moon 33. Dwight Martin 34. Lee Watkins 35. Megan Bockrath 36. Donald Rollins 37. Jimmy Chancellor 38. Charles Burnett Jr. 39. Adrian Days 40. Gregory J. Oldiges 41. Jamie N. Mathews 42. Randy L. Grimm 43. Melissa V. Nilson 44. Jonathan Scott Rogers, 21 45. Ronald C. Harris Ohio's 14th Congressional District 46. Laila Johnson, 2 47. William Sullivan, 15 48. Aaron Copeland 49. Randy Gozzard 50. Kevin Tiearney 51. Cathryn Lambert 52. Tiffany Lambert 53. Evan Cox 54. Benjamin Gabriel Ailstock 55. Frank Sandor 56. Jerry Robinson 57. Robert Waltzer 58. Michael S. Martin 59. Deborah Pearl 60. Matthew Ryan Desha 61. Lorrie Osborne-Hirko 62. Benjamin Gabriel Ailstock 63. Lorrie Osborne-Hirko 64. Terri Treadway 65. Catherine Sutter 66. Frank Staton 67. Thomas Corrigan 68. Dean Ochi 69. James L. Brown 70. Eugene A. Cray 71. Timothy Martz 72. Alexis Xavier Colon Mook 73. Lydia Mook 74. Benny Mook-Colon 75. Joshua Phillipp 76. Marcus Lashley 77. Welly Truman Vandergrif 78. Charles Shaw 79. Scott Shaw 80. Joshua Hammond 81. Jason Bowers, 24 82. Terri Treadway 83. Catherine Sutter 84. Jamiez Markel Demonte Martin Miree, 19 Ohio 15th Congressional District 85. Destinee Booker, 14 86. Sam Nicholson, 16 87. Paula Ratcliff-Gebhardt 88. John Gebhardt 89. William Benson 90. Colin Fraley, 10 91. Zachary Edmond 92. Justin Coffey 93. Tevin Jackson 94. Amy L. Diehl 95. David Lee Bush 96. William Benson 97. Zachary Edmond 98. Justin Coffey 99. Tevin Jackson 100. Loretta F. Yoli 101. Haven M. Foster 102. Timothy Koker 103. Pete Staten 104. Theodore Timmons 105. Reagan Tokes, 21 106. Markel Morrison, 22 107. William A. Brigham 108. Haven M. Foster, 22 109. Amy L. Diehl 110. James Jonathan McVey 111. Shueyb Abukar 112. Ruth A. Van Evra 113. Robert E. Van Evra 114. Joseph Scott Sagar 115. Adrian Ruiz-Ortigvera 116. Kelsey Crook, 27 117. Jason Grubb 118. Timothy E. Sturgis 119. James Robert Boergers, Jr. 120. Kimberly Napoli 121. Jack Jolley [[Page E1379]] 122. Jerrod A. Bowdle 123. Charles R. Rowe 124. Mary Neace 125. William Benson 126. Zachary Edmond 127. Keen Romine 128. Dajuan Hartley 129. Dewayne Darrington Ohio's 16th Congressional District 130. Stephan J. Miller, 8 131. Lauren Emily Kaufman, 16 132. Mason Joseph Brown, 17 133. Deontae D. Henderson 134. Willie James Harris 135. Odell May 136. Michelle Nemeth 137. William Nemeth 138. Mieya Daniel, 12 139. John Hershberger, 17 140. Jun Wang 141. Christal Shaver, 19 142. Tahani Mansour, 27 143. Spencer ``Aaron'' Sims 144. Michael Brennan 145. Emmanuel Higgins 146. Theresa Ware 147. David Ware 148. Jonathan Legg 149. Christopher P. Fahrni 150. Henderson Allen Probst 151. Willie James Harris 152. Thomas Sams 153. Delamon Marshall 154. Ericka Larison 155. Robert Sposit 156. Corey Seibel 157. Michelle Nemeth 158. William Nemeth 159. Jennifer Abshire 160. Thomas Abshire 161. Israel Rondon 162. Aaron L. Davis 163. Anthony J. Walker ____________________