[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     QUESTIONS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

  (Mr. STUTZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STUTZMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to warn my colleagues and my 
constituents about the latest in a string of White House distractions 
that will not make Americans safer.
  This time the President is reportedly planning to unilaterally 
establish new restrictions on private gun transactions, and he may act 
while Congress is out of session.
  Mr. Speaker, the President knows he was elected to lead all 
Americans, even the ones he disagrees with. Thus, I call on him to 
answer the questions my House colleagues and I are sending to the White 
House on Monday:
  First, consider that Washington Post fact-checkers have confirmed 
their agreement with the sad truth that none of the recent months' and 
years' major shootings would have been prevented by stricter gun 
control laws. Why would the President think his proposal would be any 
different?
  Second, if this is good policy, why wasn't it included in the 
executive actions announced by the President in January 2013?
  Our remaining questions ask whether the President relied on 
appropriate data to choose this executive order and how it would be 
enforced.
  Mr. Speaker, this kind of secretive, unilateral action is not just 
wrong; it results in bad policy. I call on the President to answer our 
letter as quickly as possible.

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