Tom Rice: “Complying with that is too expensive, too time-consuming and it forces businesses overseas.”

I thank Mr. Brady, Mr. Neal, and Mr. Doggett for their leadership on this bill to sanction Russian energy exports, which I support, but I must express my frustration that this bill does not go far enough. {time} 1945 On February 7…

I think the reason that they only search two is because, when we did the background-check law in the mid-1990s, the N-DEx system did not exist.

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.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, nays 211, not voting 1, as…