Chip Roy: “I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. Today, the United States Supreme Court stood up in defense of the…”

“I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. Today, the United States Supreme Court stood up in defense of the Constitution in recognizing that it is the people--the people--who should be able to come together and make decisions about life and to be able to stand up and protect the God-given right to life. Here today on the floor of this body, the people's House--the so- called people's House--is taking up legislation that is in direct conflict with the United States Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and the right to keep and bear arms. It is purposeful. Do you know what? When our colleagues say things like what the President said, that whether it is a 9-millimeter pistol or a rifle, I am going to continue to push to eliminate the sale of those things. When it is Representative Mondaire Jones saying that semi-automatic weapons would qualify as assault weapons and these things should be banned. Or when the Democrats tweeted that semi-automatic rifles are weapons of war, then we should believe you. We should believe you that you want to take those weapons. That is what you are saying. That is what my colleagues are saying. Here is the thing: my colleagues say, oh, don't worry, this is just money for mental health. Do you know what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and some academics say?…”