Press Release - Excerpts from President Joe Biden's Speech Marking One Year Since the School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas

As Prepared for Delivery
May 24, 2023

Standing there in Uvalde, Jill and I couldn't help but think that too many schools, too many every-day places have become killing fields in communities across America. And in each place, we hear the same message: Do something. For God's sake, just do something.

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So it's time to act. It's time to make our voices heard. Not as Democrats or Republicans. But as friends, neighbors, parents – and as fellow Americans.