[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ATF FIREARM BRACES RULE

  (Mr. MOSKOWITZ asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MOSKOWITZ. Mr. Speaker, last week, we saw this House floor, the 
people's House, taken hostage by Republican Members from Republican 
Members.
  We were sent home early. Bills were canceled. Committees were 
canceled because they couldn't pass the rule.
  Why are we back here? Why are things functioning now? What was the 
one thing that brought all the Republicans together based on some of 
the public reports and statements that have come out? Guns.
  We need to figure out in this country how we can solve this issue. 
The idea of more guns, more gun accessories, that is the issue that 
brought the Republican Conference together. That was the issue that 
broke the logjam of letting the people's House function again: guns 
potentially in the hands of people who are mentally ill, and gun 
accessories in the hands of people who are a danger to themselves or a 
danger to others. They are so lost on this issue.

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