The mother of murder victim Jocelyn Nungaray said her 12-year-old daughter would still be alive if a newly introduced Republican bill had been in effect last month.

“In the wake of so much grief, Jocelyn gives me the strength to be her voice and demand justice,” said Alexis Nungaray, Jocelyn’s mother, in a statement from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). “Senator Ted Cruz’s Justice for Jocelyn Act would have prevented Jocelyn’s death. It would have prevented her two murderers from being on the street and it would have meant that Jocelyn would be here with us today.”