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Let us not get involved in constitutional arguments, and let us help our American people be safe and secure in their home, their neighborhood, their school, and their house of worship.

We have a right to defend ourselves. Do we not?

Well, I think a lot of us would agree that we want to keep guns away from people with mental health problems, criminals, terrorists, and everything else. But we want to, I hope, always protect the right of gun owners and people who own…

Have you seen any administration in recent years or even in past years in the presidency that would look at part of our constitutional makeup and attack this amendment, the Bill of Rights, or attack this part of the Constitution like this…

Do you believe that rather than saving lives, the President's executive actions could result in more lives lost through the violation of a constitutionally guaranteed right to self-defense?

The Second Amendment is part of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights.

I always find it interesting that when they talk about the Second Amendment, they like to refer to hunting.

He wants to include rights that are protected in the law.

So the President, I believe, is trying to assault the constitutional rights, and also he is trying to get around the law.

President Obama I believe is far too willing to end run Congress through executive action.

The rights that it conveys to the people of this Nation are not recommendations.

How can the President and you, the Attorney General representing this administration, say he is committed to using every tool at the administration's disposal to reduce gun violence when his own administrator is not following through with…

The European Union is threatened by this, the very existence of it.

What's happening to Europe as a result of refugee flows is just incredible.

During rollcall vote No. 44 on January 13, 2016, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' personal explanation Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 44 on January 13, 2016, I was unavoidably…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 5, line 3, before the period insert ``or cause or significantly contribute to the development of…

Today I rise on Restoration Tuesday to honor my guest to tonight's State of the Union Address. Ms. Sheyann Webb-Christburg of Montgomery, Alabama, will be joining me as my special guest to President Obama's final State of the Union…