[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10181]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      IS THIS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE?

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, we have heard Speaker Ryan say it. We have 
heard Majority Leader McCarthy say it. We have heard Leader Pelosi say 
it. We have heard Whip Hoyer say it. We have all said it. We proudly 
refer to this body as the people's House.
  Well, implicit in calling this the people's House is that we are 
responsive to what the citizens of this country want us to do. What a 
sham that description is when it comes to gun safety, what a total 
sham.
  In my district, we are running at a record pace of homicide by 
gunfire. My constituents want to know why we can't even have a debate 
and a vote on sensible universal background checks which, according to 
a poll this week, 92 percent of the American people want.
  I call on Speaker Ryan to fulfill the promise of the people's House 
and bring sensible gun safety legislation to this floor.

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