[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 109 (Thursday, July 7, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4482]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        GUNS AND OUR PRIORITIES

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, there is something 
seriously wrong with the priorities in Congress. Time and time again, 
this body is choosing to put political posturing above the interests, 
safety, and well-being of the American people.
  Earlier today, I attended an Oversight and Government Reform 
Committee hearing that was termed an emergency because the committee 
Republicans did not approve of a decision by career officials at the 
FBI and Justice Department to end the email case involving Secretary 
Clinton. In this hyper-partisan era, that counts as an emergency.
  But the continuing plague of gun violence, one that takes over 32,000 
innocent lives a year, has been, once again, put on the back burner. 
There is no sense of urgency. No bill, no vote.
  Mr. Speaker, this is no way to take care of the American people's 
interests.

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