This from Sandy Hook Promise:
“Francine Wheeler, a mother from Newtown, Connecticut who lost her 6-year old son Ben to gun violence on December 14, 2012, will be giving the Presidential Radio Address on Saturday, April 13, the day before the four month anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. Mrs. Wheeler is the first citizen during the Obama Administration to deliver the Presidential Radio Address.”
She issued the following statement:
“I am honored that the President asked me to give the Radio Address this morning. We were grateful this week to be able to speak directly to Senators about our children and our hopes that no other parent should have to experience our grief. I am equally grateful today to speak directly to the American people about the common sense solutions that are currently under debate.”