[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10177]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            A MOMENT IN HISTORY TO DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, while massive terrorist acts are raging 
all around the world, in my district yesterday 3 people were shot and 
killed, one a 28-year-old father of 3. And just last week a mother shot 
dead her two daughters and was killed because she refused to put down a 
gun.
  We have a moment in history--in the backdrop of the largest mass 
murder by guns by a bad person in Orlando, Florida, as we mourn--to be 
able to do something significant, Mr. Speaker, and that is to pass the 
Thompson-King bipartisan, commonsense, responsible gun legislation.
  Let me tell you what is being offered on the floor. That bill that is 
being offered on the floor would not have prevented the Emanuel 9 
because it allows individuals to go past, if you will, the checking 
because in the part of it that deals with terrorism in particular, you 
can ask or the prosecutors must prove that you belong on that terrorist 
list, and, therefore, you put a barrier to protecting the American 
people.
  We need a no fly, no buy; on the terrorist list, you can't do it; and 
we need a longer period for law enforcement to check the background 
checks. We need to save lives.

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