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




          WE MUST PURSUE COMMONSENSE GUN VIOLENCE LEGISLATION

  (Ms. DeLAURO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, we must pursue commonsense gun violence 
legislation, legislation that makes a real impact on the epidemic of 
gun violence in our country. The American people are crying out for a 
vote, and we have a moral obligation to take action.
  Two weeks ago, Democrats stood and sat on this floor and demanded a 
commonsense gun violence prevention bill. We are back today to continue 
that fight.
  The bills the Republicans are bringing to the floor this week do 
little to eliminate the scourge of gun violence in our communities. In 
fact, the Zeldin bill is supported by the National Rifle Association. I 
think that is all you need to know.
  We need to move a real no fly, no buy bill, one that actually 
prevents potential terrorists from getting dangerous weapons. But our 
work cannot stop there because gun violence in this country does not 
only occur at the hands of terrorists. We need to address the issue of 
universal background checks, to ban assault weapons, and to conduct 
research on gun violence.
  No more deaths. The American people deserve a Congress that votes on 
the issues that they most care about. Not one more death in this 
country.

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