Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the underlying bill, H.R. 38; or maybe that is the lead bill and there is an underlying bill that has been attached to it. I want to speak a little bit here about this process. First of all, though, we have a concealed carry bill before us that is a good and an excellent bill, that has been hard-worked and well- vetted, and I want to thank Mr. Hudson for his diligent work on this for a number of years. A year and a half or more ago we had this bill about ready to go before the Judiciary Committee. I raised an issue. My concern was that it didn't allow for the proper respect for the States--7 then, 12 now-- who have legitimate constitutional carry, which is: Since you have a Second Amendment right, you have a right to carry a weapon. Under this bill now, having incorporated an amendment that I had prepared a year and a half or so ago that allows then for the residents of the States who have constitutional carry to then travel into other States; if they are legal in their home State, they are legal in another State, under this bill, without having to require the States that respect full constitutional carry to produce permits for their citizens and their residents to travel into neighboring States or anywhere in the country. I think that is a significant improvement, and I thank Mr. Hudson for his cooperation and work on that. Like I say, this is a good and solid bill. I am, however, concerned about this process.…”