Zoe Lofgren: “Mr. Speaker, for nearly a year, we have seen the Republican leadership scheme with their special interest friends to…”

“Mr. Speaker, for nearly a year, we have seen the Republican leadership scheme with their special interest friends to kill meaningful gun safety reform. Behind closed doors, yes, they have threatened Members of this House, they have twisted arms, and they have used every back-room tactic in the book to make sure that common sense, moderate gun safety reform would never see the light of day. They would, in fact, thwart the will of the American people. Just when one thought that tactics could not get any worse, the leader in the NRA said this week that the President is, and I quote him, ``willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda.'' Mr. Speaker, these are not the words and the comments of someone who is willing to work constructively to keep guns out of the hands of children and criminals. These are the views of a group that will do anything, say anything to make sure that even the most modest gun safety reforms are left for dead.”