On the recordJune 15, 2016
I thank Senator Stabenow for the question. We are asking the FBI to do more and more to protect us from an increasingly complex array of threats, and we are not giving them enough resources to do the job. The alternative that has been proposed to Senator Feinstein's legislation is laughable, in that it would require the FBI and law enforcement to go to court every single time they want to stop someone on the no-fly list from getting a weapon. It wouldn't be automatic. Instead, they would have 3 days to scurry into a court, file a motion to deny the weapon, and have a hearing. First of all, there is no way all of that could happen in 3 days, but it certainly can't happen with the resources we provide them. So they do not have the resources they need right now in order to protect us from these myriad of threats that are posed from this desire of ISIS and others to inspire lone-wolf attacks. But the alternative to the proposal we have proposed just is unworkable on its face, especially given the resources the FBI has. I yield for a question.
