Democratic Women’s Caucus Statement on Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas

May 24, 2022
Press Release
CONTACT: Michelle Moreno-Silva
 
Washington, D.C. – Today, Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) Co-Chairs Congresswomen Brenda Lawrence (MI-14), Jackie Speier (CA-14), and Lois Frankel (FL-21), and Vice Chairs Congresswomen Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), issued the following statement on the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that killed at least 19 students and two teachers.
 
“Too many mothers and fathers in America know the anguish of their child not coming home from school because their young life was cut short by preventable gun violence, and still too many more children, their families, and their teachers live with the inevitable trauma after these atrocities occur,” said the Members. “Any response to this tragedy short of voting for commonsense gun safety legislation is a slap in the face to the parents who lost their children in Uvalde, and to parents everywhere who fear that when they send their children to school each morning, they may not return home.”
 
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