[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19798-19799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        DENYING FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES TO DANGEROUS TERRORISTS

  (Mr. KENNEDY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to echo the demands of my 
colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, for a vote on the Denying 
Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015.
  Passing this bill transcends politics. It is about ensuring the 
safety and security of families, communities, and the country we 
represent.
  In the past 2 years, 94 percent of individuals we suspect of planning 
terror

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attacks have been able to successfully pass background checks and 
purchase deadly weapons. We are sitting idly by as those planning to do 
harm to our citizens obtain the tools to do just that. That we would 
choose to do nothing to stop it is simply unfathomable to me.
  We have a chance today to close a loophole in our laws before it is 
exploited, before we find ourselves standing on this floor once again 
for another moment of silence. The families who have lost loved ones to 
gun violence and the victims themselves deserve more than a deafening 
silence emanating from this Chamber.

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