Ayanna Pressley: ‘Gun Violence Is a Public Health Crisis’

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PRESSLEY: “Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Director Cekada. Gun violence is a public health crisis, and this administration is failing to meet it with the urgency that it demands. Across our country, including in my district, the Massachusetts 7th, families are bearing the devastating consequences of shootings, trafficking, domestic violence, femicide, suicide, and community trauma. Just this past Monday, a gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire on random drivers and pedestrians traveling along Memorial Drive in Cambridge, terrorizing people in broad daylight. Constituents in my district and communities across this country should not have to live with the constant fear that their daily commute could become a mass casualty event.”