[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   WHAT HAS THE HOUSE DONE TO MAKE AMERICA'S CHILDREN SAFER FROM GUN 
                               VIOLENCE?

  (Mr. WEINER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WEINER. Mr. Speaker, it has been a month since the tragedy at 
Columbine. The Senate quickly acted to make children safer. But what 
has this House done? What has this leadership done? Have we closed the 
gun show loophole? Today we will get the answer: No. Are we going to 
hold parents responsible for securing their weapons to keep them out of 
the hands of children? Today we are going to find out that the answer 
is no. Are we going to do anything to invest in smart gun technology, 
so only people who own the guns can fire the guns? Today we are going 
to find out that under this leadership, the answer is no.
  Instead, we are going to be doing the bidding of the National Rifle 
Association. But the Republicans have come up with a bill today, and 
among their brilliant strokes, they are going to require that every 
record store have the lyrics to every CD on display at every store.
  If Members want to know what it was that Pavarotti was singing, now 
they will know. But if they want to make our kids safer, they will have 
to wait until the Democrats take back the House.

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