Political Quotes

“My amendment strikes section 532 and 537, two harmful gun riders in this bill. Mr. Chairman, appropriations bills are not the proper place to address significant policy provisions. Instead, such changes to gun policy must be seriously and properly considered by Congress through the regular order. The American people deserve an open and transparent process where a full range of options can be frankly discussed and debated by the proper congressional committee and the entire House of Representatives. Over the past several years, various appropriations riders related to gun policy have had unintended consequences that could have been prevented had these issues been fully and thoroughly debated in Congress. Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Today of all days we can and must do better. We should not allow contentious policy provisions related to important Federal policies governing firearms to be attached to these appropriations bills. Mr. Chairman, I urge the Appropriations Committee and the House as a whole to stop inserting significant gun policy provisions into must-pass spending bills. I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Connecticut? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The amendment is withdrawn. =========================== NOTE =========================== June 2, 2015, on page H3722, the following appeared: There was no objection.…”