[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4288-H4289]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THE NRA HAS SPOKEN

  (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, on the Fourth of July in my district I held 
a sit-in at a local movie theater to declare our independence from the 
NRA.
  The gun lobby doesn't have a single vote in this House. Or does it 
have 247?
  I ask that question because we can't even get a vote on the floor--
just a vote--to prevent suspected terrorists who can't buy a plane 
ticket in the United States, but they can go out and buy a gun, no 
questions asked.
  The NRA has spoken. Only a bill that would require the FBI to 
establish by

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probable cause that the person is a terrorist and do so in a court of 
law and do so within 3 days, otherwise the gun would be turned over to 
the terrorist. And, by the way, you would also have to inform the 
terrorist that they are on the suspected or known list. It is a 
laughable proposal. It is a fig leaf, and it is a joke if it wasn't 
such an important issue.
  The NRA spends $3.7 million on the candidates in the House and the 
Senate. It is time for them to no longer have a seat in this House.

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