[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 177 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H9035-H9036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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SUPPORTING THE DENYING FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES TO DANGEROUS TERRORISTS 
                                  ACT

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, just last week, another community joined the

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growing list of those forever scarred by gun violence just as my 
community of Isla Vista was. It is far past time for Congress to 
recognize that it has the power to act, and we must.
  At a minimum, we should pass H.R. 1076, the Denying Firearms and 
Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act. This bipartisan bill would 
close the loophole that allows terror suspects on the FBI's terror 
watch list to legally purchase a gun. In fact, in the last 11 years, 
more than 90 percent of all terror suspects who attempted to purchase a 
gun walked away with the weapon they wanted.
  It is wrong to think we can do nothing to stop the violence. It is 
factually wrong. It is morally wrong. This bill is an important step in 
keeping the American people safe. We should all support it. It is the 
least we can do.

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