David Price: “I simply want to express my agreement with the chairman on this matter. I appreciate the amendment being offered by my…”

“I simply want to express my agreement with the chairman on this matter. I appreciate the amendment being offered by my friend from North Carolina, but I believe it would introduce an element of rigidity and an arbitrary element into the purchasing process. The chairman has looked into this very carefully. We have provisions in the bill that should get to the bottom of any allegations that have been made about the matter, but in the meantime, it seems the amendment almost presupposes a negative or a suspicious outcome of the study. Maybe not. In any case, I see no reason for layering on a requirement forbidding the purchase of ammunition while we conduct this study. So I urge the defeat of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Meadows). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.”