Opening statement as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Aviation.
03/08/2023
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I think that H.R. 8 is absolutely the right first step to closing this gaping loophole in background checks.
Our Constitution is a great document, I concur. But you have to remember that the original sin of this country was slavery.
It is amazing how that coincided with the felon voting issue.
It is amazing. You know, in Memphis, we had a statue of General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and it was recently taken down.