Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up the bipartisan no fly, no buy legislation. It would allow the Attorney General to bar the sale of explosives and firearms to those on the FBI's terrorist watch list. Republicans have refused to act on this commonsense legislation. Some of you might have heard at the debate yesterday that both Presidential contenders from both parties support this legislation. It is common sense. If we don't let somebody fly on an airplane, if they are on the terrorist watch list, why would we let them quietly assemble an arsenal? We need to check it out. Of course, if they are wrongly put on that list, of course let's have a way to get them off that list right away. So if they have a legitimate reason to buy a gun and they are not a terrorist, they shouldn't be on that list. But not buying a gun is the least of their inconveniences. If they are on that list, they can't even fly in most cases. Yet, Republicans continue to fail to act on this commonsense legislation despite being supported by Donald Trump, by Hillary Clinton, by many other leaders of both parties. We have the opportunity, if I can defeat the previous question with this vote, to actually take action and close this glaring loophole that allows terrorists to buy firearms and explosives right now in this country. Mr.…”