[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 178 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONGRESS MUST ACT TO KEEP GUNS AND EXPLOSIVES OUT OF THE HANDS OF 
                               TERRORISTS

  (Ms. CASTOR of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge the House 
Republicans to allow a debate and a vote on an important bill that 
would address a terrorist threat in America and help keep our families 
safe.
  We must address the loophole in the law that allows someone who has 
been identified as a terrorist to obtain a firearm or explosive 
license. Many of these folks are not allowed to board airplanes, yet 
they can walk into a gun store and buy a firearm. And after the Paris 
and San Bernardino attacks, no loophole is more glaring than the one 
that has allowed 2,000 terrorists to buy deadly weapons in the U.S. 
over the past 11 years.
  I urge my GOP colleagues to stop blocking this bill. We must act to 
keep guns and explosives out of the hands of terrorists, and we must do 
so as urgently and quickly as possible.

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