Tom Rice: “If we could just solve about--there is really not that many--five or six major problems that we face, we could unleash…”

What glares at you when you read this opinion is about a big omission in the background-check procedure.

I have made my opinions very well known. I know I did the right thing. I would do it again tomorrow. I don`t vote for the job. I vote to do the right thing. I don`t vote for a man. I vote to uphold the Constitution.

He was one of ten Republican members of Congress who actually voted to impeach Trump for his role in trying to overturn the government with the January 6th attack.

Too often when we see tragedies like this, in our immediate reaction, we try to go too far, and we can't find a solution that we can get across the line.