H4202 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 5, 2016 May the words and deeds of this place Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, in the OUR FAMILIES CANNOT AFFORD reflect an earnest desire for justice, wake of the horrific events in Orlando FOR US TO WAIT ANY LONGER and may men and women in govern- on June 12, an extraordinary group of (Ms. MCCOLLUM asked and was ment build on the tradition of equity Americans have come together calling given permission to address the House and truth that represents the noblest for commonsense gun control legisla- for 1 minute and to revise and extend heritage of our people. tion. The Veterans Coalition for Com- her remarks.) mon Sense was formed, again, within May Your blessing, O God, be with us Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, today this day and every day to come, and hours, and among its ranks are General I rise to demand action to prevent gun may all we do be done for Your greater David Petraeus; General Stanley violence. Nearly every year 30,000 honor and glory. McChrystal; Admiral Thad Allen, the Americans die from gun violence. The retired commandant of the Coast Amen. American Medical Association has de- Guard; and General Michael Hayden, f fined the situation as a public health former head of the Air Force. The list crisis. There are two immediate com- THE JOURNAL goes on and on. monsense solutions: preventing known The SPEAKER pro tempore. The And why? General Pete Chiarelli, the former suspects who are terrorists from buy- Chair has examined the Journal of the vice chief of staff of the Army, stated ing guns and strengthening our back- last day’s proceedings and announces it very clearly: ‘‘I have seen firsthand ground system to keep guns away from to the House his approval thereof. what weapons of war can do. There is criminals. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- no reason we cannot close the loop- Everywhere I went in Minnesota last nal stands approved. holes that allow these killing machines week, I heard from families who f to fall into the hands of criminals, strongly support these commonsense those who are mentally ill or those ideas. An overwhelming majority of PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE who wish to do harm to innocent men, Americans support the ideas as well. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the women and children.’’ The American people deserve to gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. The sit-in a couple of weeks ago was know where their Representative COURTNEY) come forward and lead the exactly about what General Chiarelli stands, yet Republicans refuse to allow House in the Pledge of Allegiance. said, which is to pass the King-Thomp- a vote on these solutions. Republican Mr. COURTNEY led the Pledge of Al- son bills to close the loopholes and to leadership instead is shamefully ped- legiance as follows: require that people who are on the no- dling a gun lobby-endorsed bill that I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the fly list cannot purchase weapons that even Republicans back home say United States of America, and to the Repub- go out and result in mass killings of far doesn’t do enough to prevent terrorists lic for which it stands, one nation under God, too many Americans. from having guns. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We should listen to the people who Our families cannot afford for us to f wore the uniform of our country, those wait any longer. We need to take ac- leaders who, again, protected and de- tion. The House must act to prevent FBI RECOMMENDATION NOT TO fended not only the Constitution but gun violence and keep our families and PROSECUTE all of us, and listen to their message communities safe. (Mr. FARENTHOLD asked and was and pass the King-Thompson bills. f given permission to address the House f for 1 minute and to revise and extend RESPONSIBLE GUN SAFETY A MOMENT IN HISTORY TO DO LEGISLATION his remarks.) SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given today FBI Director James Comey an- (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was permission to address the House for 1 nounced his recommendation not to given permission to address the House minute.) prosecute Hillary Clinton. I am ex- for 1 minute and to revise and extend Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, the tremely disappointed with this deci- her remarks.) time has long passed for Congress to Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, sion. In fact, Mr. Comey said that it act to enact responsible gun safety leg- while massive terrorist acts are raging was extremely careless of Secretary islation. Mr. Speaker, bring these two all around the world, in my district Clinton to store public emails and clas- yesterday 3 people were shot and bills to the floor for a vote. sified emails on her server. There were killed, one a 28-year-old father of 3. f 110 messages in 52 chains that con- And just last week a mother shot dead tained information that was classified GIVE US A VOTE her two daughters and was killed be- at the time, 8 of which were top secret, cause she refused to put down a gun. (Mr. THOMPSON of California asked 36 secret, and 8 confidential. We have a moment in history—in the and was given permission to address We really need to protect our na- backdrop of the largest mass murder the House for 1 minute.) tional security. The FBI Director by guns by a bad person in Orlando, Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. talked about the word ‘‘intentionally.’’ Florida, as we mourn—to be able to do Speaker, it has now been 31⁄2 years Well, if this had been defense informa- something significant, Mr. Speaker, since the horrific tragedy at Sandy tion, some of which it may have been, and that is to pass the Thompson-King Hook Elementary School. In the past the statute only requires criminal li- bipartisan, commonsense, responsible 31⁄2 years, a lot has happened. There ability to show the form of gross neg- gun legislation. have been 1,182 mass shootings in our ligence. I think extremely careless Let me tell you what is being offered country and 34,000-plus people have comes to gross negligence, and I en- on the floor. That bill that is being of- been killed by someone using a gun. courage the FBI and prosecutors to fered on the floor would not have pre- The House has been in session for 526 continue to look at this and do what is vented the Emanuel 9 because it allows legislative days, and we have held 30 right. individuals to go past, if you will, the moments of silence for victims of gun We need people in government who checking because in the part of it that violence. are not extremely careless. We need deals with terrorism in particular, you But what hasn’t happened in the past people who are careful. can ask or the prosecutors must prove 31⁄2 years is a vote. That is shameful. f that you belong on that terrorist list, The American people deserve a Con- and, therefore, you put a barrier to gress that is willing to stand up to the COMMONSENSE LEGISLATION TO protecting the American people. gun lobby and do what it takes to keep DISARM HATE We need a no fly, no buy; on the ter- our communities safe. There is bipar- (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was rorist list, you can’t do it; and we need tisan legislation that would prohibit given permission to address the House a longer period for law enforcement to those on the terrorist watch list from for 1 minute and to revise and extend check the background checks. We need being able to purchase firearms legally his remarks.) to save lives. in our country, and there is bipartisan VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:11 Jul 06, 2016 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K05JY7.013 H05JYPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE.