[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           STOP GUN VIOLENCE

  (Mrs. LOWEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, the Orlando shooting reminds us there is too 
much that has been left undone to stop gun violence.
  The Republicans have voted 13 times to retain the outrageous loophole 
that allows suspected terrorists to legally purchase weapons--and not 
just on the House floor. The Republican majority rejected my no fly, no 
buy amendment five times in the Appropriations Committee.
  In a 2011 video, al Qaeda noted the accessibility of guns in the 
U.S., asking: So what are we waiting for?
  The real question is: What are we waiting for? Americans agree with 
prohibiting terror suspects from purchasing guns, and Congress is 
overdue to act.

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