Michael Burgess: “I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I…”

“I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from 141 of the Nation's leading medical and public health organizations, a letter sent to all Members of Congress that urges us to end the dramatic and chilling effect of the current rider language restricting gun violence research, which, apparently, in the wisdom of the people who run this House, thought they would prevent the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the ability to do research into this, which shows you just how powerful the National Rifle Association is in this House of Representatives. April 6, 2016. Hon. Thad Cochran, Chairman, Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. Barbara Mikulski, Vice Chairwoman, Appropriations Committee, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC. Hon. Harold Rogers, Chairman, Appropriations Committee, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Nita Lowey, Ranking Member, Appropriations Committee, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Senator/Representative: The undersigned health care, public health, scientific organizations and research universities representing over 1 million members across the country urge you to end the dramatic chilling effect of the current rider language restricting gun violence research and to fund this critical work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).…”