On the recordJuly 6, 2016
I am on the floor today to urge our Republican colleagues to allow the two bills that have been spoken of over and over and over and over again to be brought to the floor. You know the statistics. Abraham Lincoln said that the sentiment of the American people is everything. The sentiment of the American people has been expressed. There is over 90 percent support for one bill and 85 percent support for the other. We all know that our top responsibility as Members of Congress is the security of our country and its people. This is a national security issue. This is a national security issue. No one in my district can believe that we would allow someone that the FBI has placed on their terrorist list to be able to go out and purchase weapons. This simply doesn't make any sense. The American people are worthy of so much more. The other bill, the background check, Mr. Thompson gave a magnificent description of that. You know, above the Speaker's chair, it says, ``In God we trust''-- ``In God we trust.'' Do you think for a moment that God is proud of where we are and what we are not doing? Members gather here, and they have moments of silence, moments of silence, thoughts and prayers. You know what? Maybe we should gather and pray for ourselves that God will give every single Member of this House the courage to stand up and to do the right thing for our country and to lessen this devastating violence that is taking and claiming too many lives of the American people.
