[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19558-19559]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          TERRORIST WATCH LIST

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, as a Member of Congress, I take seriously my 
responsibility to protect and defend the American people.
  That is why it is so troubling to me that Republicans in Congress 
last week voted three times to block debate on a bill, offered by 
Republican Congressman Peter King, that would close a loophole that 
allows suspects on the FBI's terrorist watch list to buy assault 
weapons.
  The shocking truth is that, according to the GAO, more than 2,000 
suspects on the FBI's terrorist watch list tried to buy weapons in the 
U.S. over the last 11 years; 91 percent of them walked away with a 
weapon.
  With all of the threats and dangers that we face, this loophole 
should be closed. We should make it harder for suspected terrorists to 
buy assault weapons, not easier.

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  Mr. Speaker, 80 percent of gun owners support keeping guns away from 
people on the terror watch list. Yet Republicans in Congress and the 
NRA continue to block commonsense bills to do what? To allow suspected 
terrorists to purchase weapons? Congress needs to act to protect the 
American people and close this dangerous loophole.

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