On the recordSeptember 25, 2013
I would like to thank my colleague, Congressman Kelly from Pennsylvania, for yielding me the time. I would also like to thank my good friend, the senior Senator from Oklahoma, Jim Inhofe, who has been the upper Chamber's fiercest opponent of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. I am proud that Senator Inhofe also stands firmly with Senator Cruz in his fight to defund ObamaCare. There seems to be some confusion about that back in Oklahoma, but he has been standing with Senator Cruz from the beginning. Mr. Speaker, already this year, the President tried to ban guns he thinks look scary. They don't operate any differently--they just look scary--so he tried to ban them. Rejected by Congress, the President tried to create what is effectively a national gun registry. The American people and their representatives rejected that plan as well. In response, President Obama today had his Secretary of State sign what is effectively an international gun control treaty that will ultimately force all of us to register our guns and our names and our information into an international database. President Obama once again demonstrated his hostility to the Constitution, to the Second Amendment, and to the U.S. sovereignty by signing the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty. This President is fundamentally antagonistic toward both our constitutional right to keep and bear arms and American independence from international bodies. Why is the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty so dangerous?…





