[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19800]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               CLOSING THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST LOOPHOLE

  (Ms. MATSUI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, from California to Colorado, the devastating 
realities of gun violence are hitting home. In the face of more 
senseless attacks on innocent victims, it is past time that we treat 
gun violence in America as a national crisis.
  Preventable gun violence is inexcusable. We need to enact commonsense 
gun law reforms, like ensuring that no terrorist suspect is able to 
walk into a gun shop and buy a deadly weapon.
  According to a report by the GAO, since 2004, more than 2,000 
suspects on the FBI's terror watch list have successfully purchased 
weapons in the United States. In fact, more than 90 percent of all the 
suspected terrorists who attempted to purchase guns in the last 11 
years walked away with the deadly weapon they wanted.
  These statistics are indefensible. Let's put our political excuses 
aside and close the terrorist gun loophole because lives are on the 
line.

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