WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Representative John Rose (TN-06) expressed his desire to improve school safety, as well as his unwavering support of the 2nd Amendment, on the House Floor Wednesday.
The full speech, as prepare for delivery, is below:
Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the heartbreak Americans continue to reel from the horrible killing of 19 students and two teachers by a demented teenager in Uvalde, Texas.
As an elected representative as well as a parent, I am eager to find solutions that make our kids safer. Those solutions must include strengthening mental health services and school security across the country. But I fear House Democrats are ignoring those fundamental issues - and jumping right into their gun control agenda.
Democrats in Congress have a choice to make. Do they want to focus yet again on more gun control, which won’t work and won’t pass the Senate, or do they want to focus on mental health and school security improvements which will help and on which we might be able to reach consensus and pass into law? Madam/Mister Speaker, I believe we can enhance protection for our children without throwing away any of our hard-fought freedoms.
The ball is in the Democrats’ court.
You can watch the full speech here.
Original source can be found here.
