Eleanor Holmes Norton: “A sit-in on the House floor should not be necessary to get a vote on gun safety legislation overwhelmingly supported by…”

“A sit-in on the House floor should not be necessary to get a vote on gun safety legislation overwhelmingly supported by the American people. That is what I had to do as a kid in the civil rights movement. Why would I be driven and why would Democrats have to be driven to do that in this House? Closing the loophole after Charleston and Orlando has become a virtual mandate. Orlando probably accounted for my success in keeping dangerous bills from coming to the floor this session to erase three D.C. gun laws that protect residents, Federal officials, and 20 million visitors alike. Congress, close the loophole. Do your job. ____________________”