[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 30 (Thursday, February 15, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H1200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           WHAT WILL IT TAKE

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, what will it take? What will it take for this 
body to finally grapple with this issue?
  Columbine wasn't enough. West Virginia wasn't enough. Colorado, in a 
movie theater, wasn't enough. A nightclub in Orlando wasn't enough. 
Newtown wasn't enough.
  Mr. Speaker, this has become a national disgrace. Ninety-five percent 
of the American people say that they believe in sensible gun reform, 
gun laws that make sense. Ninety-five percent. The minority party does 
not represent 95 percent of this Nation.
  You are in that number as well, yet you still turn your back on the 
American people. The NRA stands for ``no Republican action.''

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