Tom Rice: “We are tying our own hands. We are making our own selves uncompetitive.”

Tom Rice voted to impeach Donald Trump. He says he's proud of that vote. He says if it costs him his career, so be it.

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.

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.

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