[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10181-10182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   MEANINGFUL GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION

  (Mr. LEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, last week I joined my Democratic colleagues 
from Michigan for a standing-room-only meeting of community members 
concerned about gun violence in our country. We were joined by 
representatives from law enforcement, the faith community, domestic 
violence advocates, the LGBT community, and grassroots organizations.
  We are at a turning point. The Speaker called our sit-down efforts a 
stunt. How wrong. It is the proposal that he is offering that would be 
a stunt instead of really addressing tragic gun violence confronting 
this Nation.
  We should be considering the bipartisan, commonsense legislation that 
Americans overwhelmingly support: preventing suspected terrorists from 
buying guns, known as no buy, no fly, and closing loopholes that allow 
online and gun show sales to go forward without background checks.
  There is strong public interest for action. We witnessed that last 
week. The Speaker must no longer stand in the way.

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