It is hard to find a balance when two sides with hundreds of people on each side, perhaps thousands, are actually so committed to their side that they really cannot see the need for the other.

I want to thank you, I think, for holding this hearing today because I think public discussion on both sides of this issue and issues is necessary.

They have placed arbitrarily California and millions of people in a diminished position: elderly people, people in hospitals, people who are disabled, people who actually need balance in their life.

Congressman Johnson comes down here week in and week out and talks about not just the problems that face our great Nation but really the discussions that I want to bring tonight about families who sit at home, families who sit around…

I believe that the vast number of people who carry, including myself, do so because we believe that we have a God-given right to protect ourselves.

I want to thank you for having this, what seemingly is a balanced opportunity, and I yield back my time.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Amendment No…

I thank my dear friend, Mr. Pallone, for being here tonight. This opportunity for us to speak deserves to be placed within the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which has the jurisdiction on this matter, the jurisdiction that is very…

I would like to respond to the gentleman. First of all, the congressional review of all arms exports is done through the Foreign Affairs Committee, not through the Armed Services Committee. Secondly, it is in America's best interests. One…

I think you've done an outstanding job, and I think that it said volumes to me about the changes that had been made within the Commander organization.

Madam Chairman, thank you very much. I appreciate you and Mr. Comer trying to work together.

Those mothers' cries I will never get out of my head.