[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19603]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      DENYING FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES TO DANGEROUS TERRORISTS ACT

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, last week, House Republicans voted three 
times to block debate on Republican Congressman Peter King's Denying 
Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act, which would close 
the outrageous loophole that allows suspects who are on the FBI's 
terrorist watch list to purchase weapons.
  Mr. Speaker, 2,000 suspects on the FBI's watch list tried to buy 
weapons in the U.S. in the last 11 years, and 91 percent of them walked 
away with a weapon.
  Democrats remain committed to blocking dangerous people from having 
guns. Eighty percent of gun owners support this. It is a bipartisan 
effort. Peter King from the Republican Conference wrote this 
legislation, yet Republicans and the leadership blocked a chance for us 
to have a simple yes-or-no vote on what most Americans think would be 
logical, commonsense ways to keep us safe.
  Seriously? Terrorist watch list? Buy a gun of your choice whenever 
you want? We are better than that. This Congress needs to act. I urge 
my colleagues to join me in stopping this nonsense.

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