[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                      BRING THE BILL UP FOR A VOTE

  (Mr. THOMPSON of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker and Members, earlier this 
morning, hundreds of survivors of gun violence and victims of gun 
violence gathered out in front. Catherine Bodine from Ohio told us a 
story about how she was wounded and her daughter Samantha was murdered.
  That murderer couldn't legally buy a firearm because he was a felon. 
He couldn't pass a background check. So he went online, found the gun, 
bought it, and wounded Catherine and murdered her daughter.
  H.R. 1217 is a bipartisan piece of legislation with 186 coauthors. It 
is bipartisan and it is pro-Second Amendment. Ninety percent of the 
American people believe we should expand and strengthen background 
checks and close those loopholes, a loophole that allowed that murderer 
to kill Samantha.
  Mr. Speaker, please bring this bill up for a vote.

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