It underscores and highlights the grave concern that the people in my district, and I think around the country, really have about this issue.

I had a telephone town hall meetings with the people of the fourth congressional district of Texas, that I represent, just two nights ago.

Americans literally trust our health care professionals with our lives.

Of all the issues that we examine here in Congress perhaps none is more personal than that of health care.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard complaints from those hunters about the availability of ammunition, especially at the start of deer season.

I want to make sure that we protect the pillars of the community in those types of towns in my district.

I'm hoping that you'll agree with me that police officers and law enforcement are an important part of the backbone of our criminal justice system.

I hope that that's not the message that you want to send to the brave men and women that wear the uniform to protect us.

we'd be better off in this country if we were solving the problems that need solving in our communities, not by regulations legislated by unelected bureaucrats at unaccountable agencies, but instead by statutes legislated by an accountable…

this hearing couldn't be more timely or more critical.

I was troubled with respect to the national security aspects of it, as you're hearing from many of my colleagues here.