[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

  (Mr. AGUILAR asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. AGUILAR. Madam Speaker, today, I rise to talk about an issue that 
has affected my community in San Bernardino very personally and 
continues to impact our neighborhoods on almost a daily basis: gun 
violence.
  Over the past several weeks, Americans have stood together to demand 
action on commonsense measures to reduce gun violence. My office has 
dealt with full voice mails, flooded social media sites, and received 
countless letters asking for these commonsense reforms.
  The message is the same: Background checks are basic measures that 
will make our communities safer while respecting the Second Amendment 
rights of responsible gun owners. And if you are too dangerous to fly 
on a plane, you are too dangerous to buy a gun.
  Madam Speaker, these measures are not controversial. Keeping guns out 
of the hands of suspected terrorists and criminals are basic measures 
where both Democrats and Republicans should be able to find common 
ground.
  I ask that this Chamber remain in session until we vote on this 
legislation. By foregoing bipartisan legislation to end gun violence--
bills our constituents are demanding us to consider--House Republicans 
are playing favor to special interests.
  We owe the American people a vote. If we are too scared in this body 
to vote on these commonsense measures out of loyalty to our special 
interest groups instead of our own constituents, then we need to 
reflect on our roles here.

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