[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 107 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4207-H4208]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, we are here with a very 
simple plea this morning with 5-minutes and this afternoon with 1-
minutes.
  We know the Speaker is an honorable man. We know that the chairman of 
the Rules Committee, Mr. Sessions, is an honorable man. We in the 
minority are just asking for two commonsense, simple votes, both that 
have bipartisan support and sit here waiting to be discharged. But in 
the minority, it is the only voice that we have.
  This minority party represents, actually, a majority of the American 
citizens, and we can't get a vote on what

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the American people are crying out for. Mr. Speaker, 85 to 95 percent--
depending upon what poll you read--believe that there should be a bill 
that does not provide terrorists who are on the no-fly list with a gun. 
Also, people believe that there should be background checks to keep 
guns out of the hands of criminals.
  There have been more than 1,000--1,000--mass murders since Sandy 
Hook. We cannot be silent anymore. We respectfully ask that our 
colleagues in the majority who control the floor allow us the simple 
dignity of what we take an oath here for: a vote.

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