[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 19935-19936]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     TERRORIST WATCH LIST LOOPHOLE

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)

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  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call on my Republican 
colleagues to approve the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous 
Terrorists Act, which would prevent individuals on the terrorist watch 
list from buying weapons here in the U.S. This legislation has been 
blocked from coming to the floor for a vote nearly a dozen times over 
the past 2 weeks.
  Most Americans find it mind-boggling that we continue to allow 
individuals deemed too dangerous to fly to buy weapons in the U.S., 
guns designed to kill as many people as possible, as quickly as 
possible.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my Republican colleagues to fix this loophole and 
protect our citizens, to find some courage and put the safety of the 
American people before the politics of the gun lobby.
  Mr. Speaker, if Republicans truly have concerns over how the 
terrorist watch list is constructed, then they should offer an 
amendment to fix it. But more than 2,000 suspects on the terrorist 
watch list have already bought guns in our country. We don't need to 
add to that list. We need to act right now.

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