Pelosi Statement on Shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis

Contact: Ashley Etienne/Henry Connelly, 202-226-7616

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement following a shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland which claimed at least 5 lives:

"As a native of Maryland, my heart is with the victims of the brutal shooting at the Capital Gazette. In mass shootings and daily tragedies, the epidemic of gun violence has stolen too many lives for far too long.

"Congress has a responsibility to take action now to ensure that no other community or family must endure the unthinkable horror of gun violence. Every day it fails to do so is a stain on our country.

"May it be a comfort to the families of those killed and the entire Capital Gazette family that all of America mourns with them."

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