Mike Thompson: “I thank the gentleman for being here tonight and for his leadership. Madam Speaker, I'll end where I started. As I said…”

“I thank the gentleman for being here tonight and for his leadership. Madam Speaker, I'll end where I started. As I said, we have to come together to work on these issues. These are the issues that the American people want us to find solutions for. Let's close these loopholes, make sure that illegal gun activity doesn't take place, and protect the Second Amendment. You know I'm four-square on that, and we'll do everything we can to make sure that that happens. These are commonsense issues, and we should find cooperation across the aisle. As I said, I'll end where I started. I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join together and to pass these bills that both protect our Second Amendment rights and help make our communities safer places in which to live, work, play, and raise our families. Madam Speaker, thank you, and I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________”