John Kuhl: “in conclusion, let me simply thank the subcommittee chairman of Emergency Management, Mr. Shuster, for bringing this…”

“in conclusion, let me simply thank the subcommittee chairman of Emergency Management, Mr. Shuster, for bringing this bill through the subcommittee, and certainly Chairman Young for moving the bill through the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and most importantly, I think we owe a great deal of thanks to Mr. Jindal for recognizing a situation which was very, very, I am sure, difficult for some of the residents of his district and the people of New Orleans to face. It is one thing to face a tragedy, but then also to be thrown into a situation where, in fact, you are not only stripped of your guns, your means of protection, but you are stripped of your constitutional rights. And that was what was done to the people of New Orleans whose guns and protection for their family was actually occurring in front of their very eyes. So, you know, this body is all about adopting laws that are meant to face situations that we haven't faced before, and certainly Katrina was one of those instances we did not face before, a storm of this magnitude. So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill. I think it is a terrific bill to insure the second amendments rights to the people of not only New Orleans and future disasters, but certainly the people of this country. And I would urge all my colleagues to support it.”