Sheila Jackson Lee: “While massive terrorist acts are raging all around the world, in my district yesterday 3 people were shot and killed…”

“While massive terrorist acts are raging all around the world, in my district yesterday 3 people were shot and killed, one a 28-year-old father of 3. And just last week a mother shot dead her two daughters and was killed because she refused to put down a gun. We have a moment in history--in the backdrop of the largest mass murder by guns by a bad person in Orlando, Florida, as we mourn--to be able to do something significant, Mr. Speaker, and that is to pass the Thompson-King bipartisan, commonsense, responsible gun legislation. Let me tell you what is being offered on the floor. That bill that is being offered on the floor would not have prevented the Emanuel 9 because it allows individuals to go past, if you will, the checking because in the part of it that deals with terrorism in particular, you can ask or the prosecutors must prove that you belong on that terrorist list, and, therefore, you put a barrier to protecting the American people. We need a no fly, no buy; on the terrorist list, you can't do it; and we need a longer period for law enforcement to check the background checks. We need to save lives. ____________________”