Chip Roy: “I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his conviction and his dedication to this issue and getting us this opportunity…”

“I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his conviction and his dedication to this issue and getting us this opportunity for all of us to share that. I appreciate the remarks from my friend, the gentleman from Kentucky. I couldn't agree more about how offensive what we heard from the President of the United States with respect to our Second Amendment protected rights; and then coming in and talking about the foolishness of our desire to have our Second Amendment rights protected when, in fact, we would be up against F-15s and potential nuclear weapons. Imagine the absurdity of having the President of the United States say that. Meanwhile, I live in Austin, Texas, where currently crime rates are skyrocketing. Murder rates almost double. Why might that be? The President of the United States gave a speech allegedly about crime. Did he talk about the defunding of police? Did he talk about the $150 million stripped out of the budget in Austin, Texas? How about Oakland right now, doubling down on their foolish defunding of the police? It wasn't enough to take $15 million out of it last time, and now seeing murder rates skyrocket. They are now doubling down for another $16 million. They think that is going to solve their problems. The genius of the current administration, my Democrats on the other side of the aisle, is to take police off the streets and then come after our Second Amendment rights. How about the border of Texas?…”