Congressional Record, House, June 8, 2022 — H. Res. 1152 and H.R. 7910 Protecting Our Kids Act
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June 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5363
specified in such measure for such grants for tions’’ in an aggregate amount not to exceed leged gunman murdered 10 Black people, and
fiscal year 2023, but shall not exceed $28,852,000,000 in new budget authority, and injured 1 Black person and 2 White people;
$258,000,000. for fiscal year 2025, accounts separately iden- (2) the murder of 9 Black worshipers at the
(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub- tified under the same heading; and Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal
section, the term ‘‘additional new budget au- (2) for fiscal year 2024, under the heading Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in
thority’’ means the amount provided for fis- ‘‘Veterans Accounts Identified for Advance 2015;
cal year 2023, in excess of $117,000,000, in a Appropriations’’. (3) the White nationalist Unite the Right
bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con- (c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘advance appro- rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 that
ference report making discretionary appro- priation’’ means any new discretionary budg- resulted in 9 wounded and in the murder of
priations and specified to pay for grants to et authority provided in a general appropria- Heather Heyer;
States under section 306 of the Social Secu- tion bill or bill or joint resolution con- (4) the murder of 11 people and wounding of
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 506) for claimants of reg- tinuing appropriations for fiscal year 2023, or 6 in an antisemitic attack on the Tree of Life
ular compensation, as defined in such sec- any amendment thereto or conference report L’Simcha synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
tion, including those who are profiled as thereon, that first becomes available fol- vania, in 2018;
most likely to exhaust their benefits. lowing fiscal year 2023. (5) the targeting of Muslim worshippers, in
(k) BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRA- SEC. 4. EXPIRATION. which a gunman murdered 50 people at the
TIVE EXPENSES.— The provisions of this resolution shall ex- Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section pire upon the adoption of a concurrent reso- in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019;
302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of lution on the budget for fiscal year 2023 by (6) the targeting of a Walmart in a pre-
1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the the House of Representatives and the Senate. dominantly Hispanic neighborhood in El
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 Paso, Texas, in 2019, in which a gunman mur-
note), and section 2009a of title 39, United f dered 23 people and injured 3; and
States Code, the statement filed pursuant to CONDEMNING THE ATROCITY (7) the targeting of 3 Asian-owned spas in
subsection (b) shall include in an allocation THAT OCCURRED IN BUFFALO, the Atlanta, Georgia, metro area on March
under section 302(a) of the Congressional 16, 2021, in which a gunman killed 8 people,
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the
NEW YORK, ON MAY 14, 2022, IN
including 6 Asian women;
Committee on Appropriations of amounts for WHICH 10 AMERICANS WERE Whereas this hateful conspiracy theory
the discretionary administrative expenses of KILLED AND 3 WERE INJURED, and White supremacy inflicts harm to indi-
the Social Security Administration and the AND IN WHICH 11 OF THE 13 VIC- viduals and communities in addition to phys-
United States Postal Service. TIMS WERE BLACK AMERICANS, ical injuries and death;
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of enforc- CONDEMNING THE GREAT RE- Whereas many individuals in positions of
ing section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget PLACEMENT THEORY AS A power and media institutions with widely
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the WHITE SUPREMACIST CON- viewed public platforms have contributed to
level of total new budget authority and total the normalization and legitimization of the
outlays provided by a measure shall include
SPIRACY THEORY, AND RE-
underlying principles of the Great Replace-
any discretionary amounts described in para- AFFIRMING THE HOUSE OF REP- ment Theory; and
graph (1). RESENTATIVES COMMITMENT TO Whereas the people of the United States
SEC. 2. APPLICATION. COMBATING WHITE SUPREMACY, stand in solidarity with those harmed by
(a) BUDGETARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair HATRED, AND RACIAL INJUSTICE this hateful, senseless tragedy: Now, there-
of the Committee on the Budget may make fore, be it
Pursuant to section 6 of House Reso-
appropriate budgetary adjustments of new Resolved, That the House of Representa-
lution 1153, H. Res. 1152 is adopted. tives—
budget authority and the outlays flowing
The text of the resolution is as fol- (1) condemns in the strongest terms the
therefrom pursuant to the adjustment au-
thorities provided by section 1. lows: Great Replacement Theory, a White su-
(b) APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN H. RES. 1152 premacist conspiracy theory that has been
ALLOCATIONS, AGGREGATES, AND OTHER BUDG- Whereas, on May 14, 2022, in Buffalo, New used to falsely justify racially motivated,
ETARY LEVELS.— York, 10 Americans were killed and 3 were violent acts of terrorism domestically and
(1) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of allo- injured by a self-described White suprema- internationally;
cations, aggregates, and other budgetary lev- cist who drove more than 200 miles to carry (2) honors the memory and legacy of the
els made pursuant to this resolution shall— out this racist, violent mass shooting with victims and acknowledges the lasting impact
(A) apply while that measure is under con- an assault-style rifle at a supermarket in a that this White supremacist act of violent
sideration; predominantly Black neighborhood; extremism will have on the Black commu-
(B) take effect upon the enactment of that Whereas the self-described White suprema- nity of Buffalo, New York, the United
measure; and cist and antisemite who allegedly carried States, and globally;
(C) be published in the Congressional out this racially motivated, anti-Black mas- (3) encourages all Americans to remember
Record as soon as practicable. sacre with a firearm reportedly wrote a the victims of racially motivated hate
(2) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS, AG- manifesto citing the White supremacist crimes connected to White supremacist con-
GREGATES, AND OTHER BUDGETARY LEVELS.— Great Replacement Theory; spiracy theories such as the Great Replace-
Revised adjustments of allocations, aggre- Whereas the alleged gunman livestreamed ment Theory; and
gates, and other budgetary levels resulting the mass shooting on Twitch; (4) reaffirms the commitment of the Fed-
from these adjustments shall be considered Whereas the victims who tragically died eral Government to combat White suprem-
for the purposes of the Congressional Budget were Aaron Salter, Ruth Whitfield, Pearly acy in all forms by developing the coordi-
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as the adjust- Young, Katherine ‘‘Kat’’ Massey, Heyward nated, whole-of-government approach to ad-
ments of allocations, aggregates, and other Patterson, Celestine Chaney, Roberta Drury, dress White supremacist violence.
budgetary levels contained in this resolu- Margus D. Morrison, Andre Mackneil, and
tion. f
Geraldine Talley;
(3) BUDGET COMMITTEE DETERMINATIONS.— Whereas the victims who were injured were
For purposes of this resolution, adjustments PROTECTING OUR KIDS ACT
Zaire Goodman, Jennifer Warrington, and
of allocations, aggregates, and other budg- Christopher Braden; Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, pur-
etary levels shall be determined on the basis Whereas the ‘‘Great Replacement Theory’’ suant to House Resolution 1153, I call
of estimates made by the chair of the Com- is a White supremacist conspiracy theory up the bill (H.R. 7910) to amend title 18,
mittee on the Budget. that perpetuates the racist, xenophobic, na- United States Code, to provide for an
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIA- tivist, Islamophobic, and antisemitic false-
TIONS.
increased age limit on the purchase of
hood that non-White immigrants are being
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in brought into the United States and other certain firearms, prevent gun traf-
subsection (b), any general appropriation bill Western countries to repopulate majority ficking, modernize the prohibition on
or bill or joint resolution continuing appro- White countries and disempower White vot- untraceable firearms, encourage the
priations, or amendment thereto or con- ers to achieve a political agenda, and to spe- safe storage of firearms, and for other
ference report thereon, may not provide an cifically bring upon the genocide of White purposes, and ask for its immediate
advance appropriation. people; consideration in the House.
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation Whereas this hateful conspiracy theory has The Clerk read the title of the bill.
may be provided for programs, activities, or been cited as a motivation for White su-
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms.
accounts identified in lists submitted for premacist terrorist attacks domestically and
printing in the Congressional Record by the internationally, including— DEGETTE). Pursuant to House Resolu-
chair of the Committee on the Budget— (1) the targeting of a Tops Friendly Market tion 1153, in lieu of the amendment in
(1) for fiscal year 2024, under the heading in a predominantly Black neighborhood in the nature of a substitute rec-
‘‘Accounts Identified for Advance Appropria- Buffalo, New York, in 2022, in which the al- ommended by the Committee on the
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H5364 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2022
Judiciary printed in the bill, an amend- centerfire shotgun described in subparagraph selling or transferring the firearm to a third
ment in the nature of a substitute con- (B) and is other than a shotgun or rifle, or am- party.
sisting of the text of Rules Committee munition for a shotgun or rifle, to any indi- ‘‘(c) The Attorney General shall ensure that
vidual who the licensee knows or has reasonable the firearm transaction record form required to
Print 117–48 is adopted and the bill, as be completed in connection with a firearm trans-
cause to believe has not attained 21 years of
amended, is considered read. age;’’. action includes a statement outlining the pen-
The text of the bill, as amended, is as (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section alties that may be imposed for violating sub-
follows: 922(c)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘in section (a).
H.R. 7910 the case of any firearm’’ and all that follows ‘‘(d) This section shall not apply to any fire-
through ‘‘eighteen years or more of age’’ and in- arm, if the purchaser or person acquiring the
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
serting ‘‘(1) in the case of a semiautomatic firearm has no reason to believe that the recipi-
resentatives of the United States of America in
centerfire rifle or semiautomatic centerfire shot- ent of the firearm will use or intends to use the
Congress assembled,
gun that has, or has the capacity to accept, an firearm in a crime or is prohibited from pur-
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
ammunition feeding device with a capacity ex- chasing or possessing firearms under State or
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as ceeding 5 rounds, I am at least 21 years of age Federal law and the firearm—
the ‘‘Protecting Our Kids Act’’. or a qualified individual (as defined in section ‘‘(1) is purchased or acquired by any person,
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- 921(a)(30) of title 18, United States Code), (2) in or that any person attempts to purchase or ac-
tents for this Act is as follows: the case of a firearm other than a shotgun, a quire, as a bona fide gift between family mem-
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. rifle, or such a semiautomatic centerfire rifle or bers; or
TITLE I—RAISE THE AGE semiautomatic centerfire shotgun, I am at least ‘‘(2) is purchased or acquired by an agent of
21 years of age, or (3) in the case of any other a lawful business, or that an agent of a lawful
Sec. 101. Prohibition on Federal firearms li- business attempts to purchase or acquire, for the
censee selling or delivering certain shotgun or rifle, I am at least 18 years of age’’.
(c) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—Section purpose of transferring to another agent of the
semiautomatic centerfire rifles or business, for lawful use in the business.’’.
921(a) of such title is amended by inserting after
semiautomatic centerfire shotguns (b) FORFEITURE.—Section 982(a)(5) of such
paragraph (29) the following:
to a person under 21 years of age, title is amended—
‘‘(30) The term ‘qualified individual’ means—
with exceptions. (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces on active
Sec. 102. Operation of the Federal Bureau of the end; and
duty; and
Investigation’s public access line. ‘‘(B) a full-time employee of the United States, (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the
TITLE II—PREVENT GUN TRAFFICKING a State, or a political subdivision of a State who following:
Sec. 201. Prohibition on straw purchases of fire- in the course of his or her official duties is au- ‘‘(F) section 922(a)(1)(A) (related to unlicensed
arms; prohibition on gun traf- thorized to carry a firearm. firearms sales);
‘‘(31) The term ‘ammunition feeding device’ ‘‘(G) section 922(d) (relating to illegal gun
ficking.
means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or transfers); or
Sec. 202. Prohibition on disposition of firearm
similar device, but does not include an attached ‘‘(H) section 932 (relating to gun traf-
to person intending unlawful fur-
tubular device which is only capable of oper- ficking),’’.
ther disposition. (c) MONEY LAUNDERING AMENDMENT.—Section
Sec. 203. Penalties. ating with .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.’’.
1956(c)(7)(D) of such title is amended by striking
Sec. 204. Firearms subject to forfeiture. SEC. 102. OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU
‘‘section 924(n)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
OF INVESTIGATION’S PUBLIC AC-
TITLE III—UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS 922(a)(1)(A), 922(d), 924(n), or 932’’.
CESS LINE.
Sec. 301. Requirement that all firearms be trace- (d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the
able. tions for such chapter is amended by adding at
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director
Sec. 302. Modernization of the prohibition on the end the following:
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in this
undetectable firearms. section referred to as the ‘‘FBI’’) shall submit to ‘‘932. Gun trafficking.’’.
TITLE IV—SAFE STORAGE the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate SEC. 202. PROHIBITION ON DISPOSITION OF FIRE-
and the Committee on the Judiciary of the ARM TO PERSON INTENDING UNLAW-
Sec. 401. Ethan’s Law. FUL FURTHER DISPOSITION.
Sec. 402. Safe guns, safe kids. House of Representatives a report regarding op-
eration of the FBI’s public access line. Section 922(d) of title 18, United States Code,
Sec. 403. Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Stor- is amended in the 1st sentence—
age. (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report required
by subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
TITLE V—CLOSING THE BUMP STOCK end;
the following:
LOOPHOLE (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at
(1) A description of the protocols and proce-
Sec. 501. Bump stocks. the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
dures in effect with respect to information-shar-
(3) by inserting after and below paragraph (9)
TITLE VI—KEEP AMERICANS SAFE ing between the public access line and the field
the following:
Sec. 601. Definitions. offices of the FBI. ‘‘(10) intends to sell or otherwise dispose of
Sec. 602. Restrictions on large capacity ammu- (2) Recommendations for improving the proto-
the firearm or ammunition in violation of a Fed-
nition feeding devices. cols and procedures to improve the information-
eral law, or to sell or otherwise dispose of the
Sec. 603. Penalties. sharing.
firearm or ammunition to a person in another
Sec. 604. Use of Byrne grants for buy-back pro- TITLE II—PREVENT GUN TRAFFICKING State in violation of a law of that State.’’.
grams for large capacity ammuni- SEC. 201. PROHIBITION ON STRAW PURCHASES SEC. 203. PENALTIES.
tion feeding devices. OF FIREARMS; PROHIBITION ON GUN Section 924(a) of title 18, United States Code,
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFICKING.
is amended by adding at the end the following:
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 44 of title 18, ‘‘(8) Whoever knowingly violates section
Sec. 701. NICS Report.
United States Code, is amended— 922(a)(1)(A) or 932 shall be fined under this title,
TITLE I—RAISE THE AGE (1) in section 921(a), by adding at the end the imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.’’.
SEC. 101. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FIREARMS following: SEC. 204. FIREARMS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE.
LICENSEE SELLING OR DELIVERING ‘‘(37) The term ‘family members’ means
CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC
Section 924(d) of title 18, United States Code,
spouses, domestic partners, parents and their is amended—
CENTERFIRE RIFLES OR SEMIAUTO- children, including step-parents and their step-
MATIC CENTERFIRE SHOTGUNS TO A (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 932’’
PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE,
children, siblings, aunts or uncles and their after ‘‘section 924’’; and
WITH EXCEPTIONS. nieces or nephews, or grandparents and their (2) in paragraph (3)—
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(b)(1) of title 18, grandchildren.’’; and (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
United States Code, is amended to read as fol- (2) by adding at the end the following: the end;
lows: ‘‘§ 932. Gun trafficking (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the pe-
‘‘(1)(A) any firearm or ammunition to any in- ‘‘(a) It shall be unlawful for any person riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
dividual who the licensee knows or has reason- (other than a licensee under this chapter), in or (C) by adding at the end the following:
able cause to believe has not attained 18 years otherwise affecting interstate or foreign com- ‘‘(G) any offense under section 932.’’.
of age; merce, to knowingly purchase or acquire, or at- TITLE III—UNTRACEABLE FIREARMS
‘‘(B) any semiautomatic centerfire rifle or tempt to purchase or acquire, a firearm for the SEC. 301. REQUIREMENT THAT ALL FIREARMS BE
semiautomatic centerfire shotgun that has, or possession of a third party. TRACEABLE.
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has the capacity to accept, an ammunition feed- ‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful for any person (other (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 921(a) of title 18,
ing device with a capacity exceeding 5 rounds, than a licensee under this chapter), in or other- United States Code, as amended by this Act, is
to any individual who the licensee knows or has wise affecting interstate or foreign commerce, to further amended—
reasonable cause to believe has not attained 21 hire, solicit, command, induce, or otherwise en- (1) in paragraph (10), by adding at the end
years of age and is not a qualified individual; or deavor to persuade another person to purchase, the following: ‘‘The term ‘manufacturing fire-
‘‘(C) if the firearm or ammunition is not a or attempt to purchase, any firearm for the pur- arms’ shall include assembling a functional fire-
semiautomatic centerfire rifle or semiautomatic pose of obtaining the firearm for the person or arm or molding, machining, or 3D printing a
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June 8, 2022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5365
frame or receiver, and shall not include making ‘‘(4) Beginning on the date that is 30 months that person, regardless of whether the func-
or fitting special barrels, stocks, or trigger mech- after the date of enactment of this subsection, it tional firearm is directly visible to that person.’’;
anisms to firearms.’’; and shall be unlawful for any person other than a (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘or (k)’’
(2) by adding at the end the following: licensed manufacturer or importer to possess a and inserting ‘‘(k), (aa)(1), (aa)(2), (aa)(4), or
‘‘(38) The term ‘ghost gun’— ghost gun in or affecting interstate or foreign (aa)(5)’’;
‘‘(A) means a firearm, including a frame or re- commerce with the intent to sell or transfer the (4) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘through
ceiver, that lacks a unique serial number en- ghost gun with or without further manufac- the possession of a functional firearm’’ before
graved or cast on the frame or receiver by a li- turing or to manufacture a firearm with the ‘‘and has three’’; and
censed manufacturer or importer in accordance ghost gun. (5) by adding at the end the following:
with this chapter; and ‘‘(5)(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to ‘‘(q) A person who violates section 922(aa)(3)
‘‘(B) does not include— sell, offer to sell, or transfer, in or affecting shall—
‘‘(i) a firearm that has been rendered perma- interstate or foreign commerce, to any person ‘‘(1) in the case of the first violation by the
nently inoperable; other than a licensed manufacturer a machine person, be fined under this title, imprisoned not
‘‘(ii) a firearm that, not later than 30 months that has the sole or primary function of manu- more than 1 year, or both; or
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, facturing firearms. ‘‘(2) in the case of any subsequent violation
has been identified by means of a unique serial ‘‘(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (A), by the person, be fined under this title, impris-
number, assigned by a State agency, engraved beginning on the date that is 180 days after the oned not more than 5 years, or both.’’.
or cast on the receiver or frame of the firearm in date of enactment of this subsection, it shall be SEC. 302. MODERNIZATION OF THE PROHIBITION
accordance with State law; unlawful for any person other than a licensed ON UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS.
‘‘(iii) a firearm manufactured or imported be-
manufacturer to possess, purchase, or receive, in Section 922(p) of title 18, United States Code,
fore December 16, 1968; or
or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a is amended—
‘‘(iv) a firearm identified as provided for
machine that has the sole or primary function (1) in paragraph (1)—
under section 5842 of the Internal Revenue Code
of manufacturing firearms. (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
of 1986.
‘‘(39) The term ‘fire control component’— ‘‘(C) Subparagraph (B) shall not apply to a by striking ‘‘any firearm’’;
‘‘(A) means a component necessary for the person who is engaged in the business of selling (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as
firearm to initiate or complete the firing se- manufacturing equipment to a licensed manu- follows:
quence; and facturer who possesses a machine with the in- ‘‘(A) an undetectable firearm; or’’; and
‘‘(B) includes a hammer, bolt or breechblock, tent to sell or transfer the machine to a licensed (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘any
cylinder, trigger mechanism, firing pin, striker, manufacturer.’’. major component of which, when subjected to
and slide rails. (c) REQUIREMENTS.— inspection by the types of x-ray machines com-
‘‘(40)(A) The term ‘frame or receiver’— (1) REMOVAL OF SERIAL NUMBERS.—Section monly used at airports, does not generate’’ and
‘‘(i) means a part of a weapon that provides 922(k) of title 18, United States Code, is amend- inserting the following: ‘‘a major component of
or is intended to provide the housing or struc- ed— a firearm which, if subjected to inspection by
ture to hold or integrate 1 or more fire control (A) by striking ‘‘importer’s or manufacturer’s’’ the types of detection devices commonly used at
components, even if pins or other attachments each place it appears; and airports for security screening, would not gen-
are required to connect those components to the (B) by inserting ‘‘authorized by this chapter erate’’;
housing or structure; or under State law’’ before ‘‘removed’’ each (2) in paragraph (2)—
‘‘(ii) includes a frame or receiver, blank, cast- place it appears. (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as
ing, or machined body, that requires modifica- (2) LICENSED IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTUR- follows:
tion, including machining, drilling, filing or ERS.—Section 923(i) of title 18, United States ‘‘(A) the term ‘undetectable firearm’ means a
molding, to be used as part of a functional fire- Code, is amended— firearm, as defined in section 921(a)(3)(A), of
arm, and which is designed and intended to be (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)(A)’’ before ‘‘Licensed’’; which no major component is wholly made of
used in the assembly of a functional firearm, and detectable material;’’;
unless the piece of material has had— (B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and insert-
‘‘(I) its size or external shape altered solely to serial number shall be engraved or cast on the ing the following:
facilitate transportation or storage; or frame or receiver in a manner sufficient to iden- ‘‘(B) the term ‘major component’, with respect
‘‘(II) solely its chemical composition altered. tify the firearm and the manufacturer or im- to a firearm—
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), if a porter that put the serial number on the firearm. ‘‘(i) means the slide or cylinder or the frame or
weapon with more than 1 part that provides the ‘‘(2)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date receiver of the firearm; and
housing or a structure designed to hold or inte- of enactment of this paragraph, the Attorney ‘‘(ii) in the case of a rifle or shotgun, includes
grate 1 or more fire control or essential compo- General shall prescribe regulations for engrav- the barrel of the firearm; and’’; and
nents, each such part shall be considered a ing a unique serial number onto a ghost gun. (C) by striking subparagraph (C) and all that
frame or receiver, unless the Attorney General ‘‘(B) The regulations prescribed under sub- follows through the end of the undesignated
has provided otherwise by regulation or other paragraph (A) shall— matter following subparagraph (C) and insert-
formal determination with respect to the specific ‘‘(i) allow an owner of a firearm described in ing the following:
make and model of weapon on or before Janu- subparagraph (A) to have a unique serial num- ‘‘(C) the term ‘detectable material’ means any
ary 1, 2023.’’. ber engraved on the firearm by a licensed manu- material that creates a magnetic field equivalent
(b) PROHIBITION; REQUIREMENTS.—Section 922 facturer or importer; and to or more than 3.7 ounces of 17–4 pH stainless
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by ‘‘(ii) require that a serial number be engraved steel.’’;
adding at the end the following: on the frame or receiver in a manner sufficient (3) in paragraph (3)—
‘‘(aa)(1)(A) Except as provided in subpara- to identify the firearm and the licensed manu- (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, in-
graph (B), it shall be unlawful for any person facturer or importer that put the serial number cluding a prototype,’’ after ‘‘of a firearm’’; and
to manufacture, sell, offer to sell, transfer, pur- on the firearm. (B) by striking the second sentence; and
chase, or receive a ghost gun in or affecting ‘‘(C) The regulations authorized under this (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘shall not
interstate or foreign commerce. paragraph shall expire on the date that is 30 apply to any firearm which’’ and all that fol-
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to— months after the date of enactment of this para- lows and inserting the following: ‘‘shall not
‘‘(i) the manufacture of a firearm by a li- graph.’’. apply to—
censed manufacturer if the licensed manufac- (d) PENALTIES.—Section 924 of title 18, United ‘‘(A) any firearm received by, in the posses-
turer complies with section 923(i) before selling States Code, is amended— sion of, or under the control of the United
or transferring the firearm to another person; (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘or (q)’’ States; or
‘‘(ii) the offer to sell, sale, or transfer of a fire- and inserting ‘‘(q), (aa)(1), (aa)(2), (aa)(4), or ‘‘(B) the manufacture, importation, posses-
arm to, or purchase or receipt of a firearm by, (aa)(5)’’; sion, transfer, receipt, shipment, or delivery of a
a licensed manufacturer or importer before the (2) in subsection (c) firearm by a licensed manufacturer or licensed
date that is 30 months after the date of enact- (A) in paragraph (1)— importer pursuant to a contract with the United
ment of this subsection; or (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter pre- States.’’.
‘‘(iii) transactions between licensed manufac- ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘functional’’ be-
turers and importers on any date. fore ‘‘firearm’’ each place it appears; TITLE IV—SAFE STORAGE
‘‘(2) It shall be unlawful for a person other (ii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre- SEC. 401. ETHAN’S LAW.
than a licensed manufacturer or importer to en- ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘functional’’ be- (a) SECURE GUN STORAGE OR SAFETY DE-
grave or cast a serial number on a firearm in or fore ‘‘firearm’’; and VICE.—Section 922(z) of title 18, United States
affecting interstate or foreign commerce unless (iii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
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specifically authorized by the Attorney General. ‘‘functional’’ before ‘‘firearm’’; and lowing:
‘‘(3) Beginning on the date that is 30 months (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘all or part ‘‘(4) SECURE GUN STORAGE BY OWNERS.—
after the date of enactment of this subsection, it of the firearm’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(A) OFFENSE.—
shall be unlawful for any person other than a ‘‘person.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘all or ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
licensed manufacturer or importer to knowingly part of the functional firearm, or otherwise clause (ii), it shall be unlawful for a person to
possess a ghost gun in or affecting interstate or make the presence of the functional firearm store or keep any firearm that has moved in, or
foreign commerce. known to another person, in order to intimidate that has otherwise affected, interstate or foreign
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commerce on the premises of a residence under State or Indian Tribe that has enacted legisla- ‘‘(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each ap-
the control of the person if the person knows, or tion functionally identical to section 922(z)(4) of plicant for a grant under this section shall—
reasonably should know, that— title 18, United States Code.’’. ‘‘(1) submit to the Attorney General an appli-
‘‘(I) a minor is likely to gain access to the fire- SEC. 402. SAFE GUNS, SAFE KIDS. cation at such time, in such a manner, and con-
arm without the permission of the parent or Paragraph (4)(B) of section 922(z) of title 18, taining such information as the Attorney Gen-
guardian of the minor; or United States Code, as added by this Act, is eral may require; and
‘‘(II) a resident of the residence is ineligible to amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, identify State,
possess a firearm under Federal, State, or local ‘‘(iii) ENHANCED PENALTY.—If a person vio- local, Tribal, and private funds available to
law. lates subparagraph (A) and a minor or a resi- supplement the funds received under this sec-
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) shall not apply to dent who is ineligible to possess a firearm under tion.
a person if— Federal, State, or local law obtains the firearm ‘‘(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(I) the person— and causes injury or death to such minor, resi- ‘‘(1) GRANTEE REPORT.—A recipient of a grant
‘‘(aa) keeps the firearm— dent, or any other individual, the person shall under this section shall submit to the Attorney
‘‘(AA) secure using a secure gun storage or be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more General an annual report, which includes the
safety device; or than 5 years, or both.’’. following information:
‘‘(BB) in a location which a reasonable per- SEC. 403. KIMBERLY VAUGHAN FIREARM SAFE
‘‘(A) The amount distributed to each Safe
son would believe to be secure; or STORAGE. Firearm Storage Assistance Program in the ju-
‘‘(bb) carries the firearm on his or her person (a) BEST PRACTICES FOR SAFE FIREARM STOR- risdiction.
or within such close proximity thereto that the AGE.—
‘‘(B) The number of safe firearm storage de-
person can retrieve and use the firearm as read- (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— vices distributed by each such Safe Firearm
ily as if the person carried the firearm on his or (A) IN GENERAL.— Storage Assistance Program.
her person; or (i) Not later than 180 days after the enactment A recipient of a grant under this section may
‘‘(II) another individual unlawfully enters the of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish not include any personally identifying informa-
premises under the control of the person and voluntary best practices relating to safe firearm tion of recipients of safe firearms storage devices
thereby gains access to the firearm. storage solely for the purpose of public edu- pursuant to a Safe Firearm Storage Assistance
‘‘(B) PENALTY.— cation. Program that received funding pursuant to this
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- (ii) The Attorney General shall give not less section.
vided in this subparagraph, any person who than ninety days public notice, and shall afford ‘‘(2) ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT.—Beginning
violates subparagraph (A) shall be fined $500 interested parties opportunity for hearing, be- 13 months after the first grants are awarded
per violation. fore establishing such best practices. under this section, and annually thereafter, the
‘‘(ii) FORFEITURE OF IMPROPERLY STORED (B) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the best Attorney General shall submit to Congress a re-
FIREARM.—Any firearm stored in violation of practices required under subparagraph (A), the port, which shall include following information:
subparagraph (A) shall be subject to seizure and Attorney General shall outline such best prac- ‘‘(A) A list of grant recipients during the pre-
forfeiture in accordance with the procedures de- tices for preventing firearm loss, theft, and other vious year, including the funds awarded, cumu-
scribed in section 924(d). unauthorized access for the following locations: latively and disaggregated by grantee.
‘‘(C) MINOR DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the (i) Businesses. ‘‘(B) The information collected pursuant to
term ‘minor’ means an individual who has not (ii) Vehicles. subsection (d)(1).
attained 18 years of age.’’. (iii) Private homes. ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(b) FIREARM SAFE STORAGE PROGRAM.—Title I (iv) Off-site storage facilities. There is authorized to be appropriated to the
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets (v) Any other such place the Attorney General Attorney General to carry out this section
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended deems appropriate to provide such guidance. $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through
by adding at the end the following: (C) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 1 year after 2033, to remain available until expended.
the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under
‘‘PART PP—FIREARM SAFE STORAGE this section shall be allocated as follows:
PROGRAM shall publish, in print and on a public website,
the best practices created pursuant to subpara- ‘‘(1) Not less than 75 percent of the funds re-
‘‘SEC. 3061. FIREARM SAFE STORAGE PROGRAM. graph (A) and shall review such best practices ceived by a grantee shall be used to create or to
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Attorney and update them not less than annually. provide resources for Safe Firearm Storage As-
General shall make grants to an eligible State or (b) PROMOTION OF SAFE FIREARM STORAGE.— sistance Programs in the jurisdiction.
Indian Tribe to assist the State or Indian Tribe (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, United ‘‘(2) Not more than 25 percent of the funds re-
in carrying out the provisions of any State or States Code, is amended by adding at the end ceived by a grantee may be made available to
Tribal law that is functionally identical to sec- the following: nonprofit organizations to partner with units of
tion 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code. ‘‘(m) Beginning on January 1, 2025, licensed local government to purchase and distribute safe
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE.— manufacturers and licensed importers that seri- firearm storage devices.
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- alize not less than 250 firearms annually pursu- ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
graph (2), a State or Indian Tribe shall be eligi- ant to subsection (i) shall provide a clear and tion:
ble to receive grants under this section on and conspicuous written notice with each manufac- ‘‘(1) The term ‘safe firearm storage device’
after the date on which the State or Indian tured or imported handgun, rifle, or shotgun means a device that is—
Tribe enacts legislation functionally identical to that— ‘‘(A) designed and marketed for the principal
section 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code. ‘‘(1) is attached or adhered to, or appears on purpose of denying unauthorized access to, or
‘‘(2) FIRST YEAR ELIGIBILITY EXCEPTION.— or within any packaging of, each handgun, rendering inoperable, a firearm or ammunition;
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered State or Indian rifle, or shotgun; and and
Tribe shall be eligible to receive a grant under ‘‘(2) states ‘SAFE STORAGE SAVES LIVES’ ‘‘(B) secured by a combination lock, key lock,
this section during the 1-year period beginning followed by the address of the public website es- or lock based on biometric information which,
on the date of enactment of this part. tablished by the Attorney General pursuant to once locked, is incapable of being opened with-
‘‘(B) COVERED STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE.—In section 403(a) of the Protecting Our Kids Act.’’. out the combination, key, or biometric informa-
this paragraph, the term ‘covered State or In- (c) SAFE STORAGE DEVICES FOR ALL FIREARM tion, respectively.
dian Tribe’ means a State or Indian Tribe that, SALES.— ‘‘(2) The term ‘Safe Firearm Storage Assist-
before the date of enactment of this part, en- (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 922(z) of title 18, ance Program’ means a program—
acted legislation that is functionally identical to United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(A) carried out by a unit of local government
section 922(z)(4) of title 18, United States Code. ‘‘handgun’’ each place it appears and inserting or an Indian tribe; and
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under ‘‘handgun, rifle, or shotgun’’. ‘‘(B) solely for the purpose of acquiring and
this section may be used by a State or Indian (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the distributing safe firearm storage devices to the
Tribe to assist law enforcement agencies or the amendments made by this section shall take ef- public.’’.
courts of the State or Indian Tribe in enforcing fect on the date that is 180 days after the enact- TITLE V—CLOSING THE BUMP STOCK
and otherwise facilitating compliance with any ment of this Act. LOOPHOLE
State law functionally identical to section (d) KIMBERLY VAUGHAN SAFE FIREARM STOR- SEC. 501. BUMP STOCKS.
922(z)(4), of title 18, United States Code. AGE GRANT PROGRAM.—Part PP of title I of the (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5845 of the Internal
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An eligible State or In- Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
dian Tribe desiring a grant under this section 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.), as added by this (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and (8) a
shall submit to the Assistant Attorney General Act, is amended by adding at the end the fol- destructive device.’’ and inserting ‘‘(8) a de-
an application at such time, in such manner, lowing: structive device; and (9) a bump stock.’’; and
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and containing or accompanied by such infor- ‘‘SEC. 3062. KIMBERLY VAUGHAN FIREARM SAFE (2) by adding at the end the following new
mation, as the Assistant Attorney General may STORAGE GRANT PROGRAM. subsections:
reasonably require. ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General ‘‘(n) BUMP STOCK.—The term ‘bump stock’
‘‘(e) INCENTIVES.—For each of fiscal years 2023 may award grants to States and Indian Tribes means any of the following:
through 2027, the Attorney General shall give for the development, implementation, and eval- ‘‘(1) Any manual, power-driven, or electronic
affirmative preference to all Bureau of Justice uation of Safe Firearm Storage Assistance Pro- device that is designed such that when the de-
Assistance discretionary grant applications of a grams. vice is attached to a semiautomatic weapon, the
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device eliminates the need for the operator of a ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— (2) in paragraph (2)—
semiautomatic weapon to make a separate move- ‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or
ment for each individual function of the trigger sale to, transfer to, or possession by the United large capacity ammunition feeding device’’ after
and— States or a department or agency of the United ‘‘firearms or ammunition’’; and
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of States or a State or a department, agency, or po- (B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or
the semiautomatic weapon, or litical subdivision of a State, or a sale or trans- large capacity ammunition feeding devices’’
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of fire of fer to or possession by a qualified law enforce- after ‘‘firearms or quantities of ammunition’’;
a machinegun. ment officer employed by the United States or a and
‘‘(2) Any part or combination of parts that is department or agency of the United States or a (3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ‘‘922(v),’’
designed and functions to eliminate the need for State or a department, agency, or political sub- after ‘‘922(n),’’.
the operator of a semiautomatic weapon to make division of a State for purposes of law enforce- SEC. 603. PENALTIES.
a separate movement for each individual func- ment (whether on or off-duty), or a sale or
Section 924(a)(1)(B) of title 18, United States
tion of the trigger and— transfer to or possession by a campus law en-
Code, as amended by this Act, is further amend-
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of a forcement officer for purposes of law enforce-
ed by inserting ‘‘(v),’’ after ‘‘(q),’’.
semiautomatic weapon, or ment (whether on or off-duty);
‘‘(B) the importation for, or sale or transfer to SEC. 604. USE OF BYRNE GRANTS FOR BUY-BACK
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of fire of PROGRAMS FOR LARGE CAPACITY
a machinegun. a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.
‘‘(3) Any semiautomatic weapon that has been of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) for purposes of es-
tablishing and maintaining an on-site physical Section 501(a)(1) of title I of the Omnibus
modified in any way that eliminates the need Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
for the operator of the semiautomatic weapon to protection system and security organization re-
quired by Federal law, or possession by an em- U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the
make a separate movement for each individual end the following:
function of the trigger and— ployee or contractor of such licensee on-site for
such purposes or off-site for purposes of li- ‘‘(I) Compensation for surrendered large ca-
‘‘(A) materially increases the rate of fire of pacity ammunition feeding devices, as that term
the semiautomatic weapon, or censee-authorized training or transportation of
nuclear materials; is defined in section 921 of title 18, United States
‘‘(B) approximates the action or rate of fire of
‘‘(C) the possession, by an individual who is Code, under buy-back programs for large capac-
a machinegun.
retired in good standing from service with a law ity ammunition feeding devices.’’.
‘‘(o) SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPON.—The term
‘semiautomatic weapon’ means any repeating enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohib- TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
weapon that— ited from receiving ammunition, of a large ca- SEC. 701. NICS REPORT.
‘‘(1) utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing pacity ammunition feeding device—
‘‘(i) sold or transferred to the individual by Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
cartridge or shell to extract the fired cartridge ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
the agency upon such retirement; or
case or shell casing and chamber the next ‘‘(ii) that the individual purchased, or other- Attorney General shall submit to the Committee
round, and wise obtained, for official use before such retire- on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-
‘‘(2) requires a separate function of the trigger ment; or mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
to fire each cartridge or shell.’’. ‘‘(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, resentatives a report that includes, with respect
(b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES transfer, or possession of any large capacity am- to the preceding year, the demographic data of
CODE.— munition feeding device by a licensed manufac- persons who were determined to be ineligible to
(1) Section 921(a) of title 18, United States turer or licensed importer for the purposes of purchase a firearm based on a background
Code, as amended by this Act, is further amend- testing or experimentation authorized by the At- check performed by the National Instant Crimi-
ed— torney General. nal Background Check System, including race,
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘muffler or ‘‘(4) For purposes of paragraph (3)(A), the ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, age, dis-
firearm silencer’’ and inserting ‘‘muffler, firearm term ‘campus law enforcement officer’ means an ability, average annual income, and English
silencer, or bump stock’’; and individual who is— language proficiency, if available.
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(A) employed by a private institution of
‘‘(41) The term ‘bump stock’ has the meaning higher education that is eligible for funding
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill,
given such term in section 5845(n) of the Na- under title IV of the Higher Education Act of as amended, shall be debatable for 2
tional Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 5845(n)).’’. 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); hours, equally divided and controlled
(2) Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, ‘‘(B) responsible for the prevention or inves- by the chair and ranking minority
is amended— tigation of crime involving injury to persons or member of the Committee on the Judi-
(A) in each of subsections (a)(4) and (b)(4), by property, including apprehension or detention ciary or their respective designees.
inserting ‘‘bump stock,’’ before ‘‘machinegun’’; of persons for such crimes; The gentleman from New York (Mr.
and ‘‘(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local
law to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, NADLER), and the gentleman from Ohio
(B) in subsection (o)(1) , by inserting ‘‘or
bump stock’’ before the period. and make arrests; and (Mr. JORDAN), will each control 1 hour.
‘‘(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by The Chair recognizes the gentleman
TITLE VI—KEEP AMERICANS SAFE
a government entity as a law enforcement offi- from New York.
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. cer.’’. GENERAL LEAVE
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, (b) IDENTIFICATION MARKINGS FOR LARGE CA-
as amended by this Act, is further amended by PACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I ask
adding at the end the following: 923(i) of title 18, United States Code, as amended unanimous consent that all Members
‘‘(42) The term ‘large capacity ammunition by this Act, is further amended by inserting may have 5 legislative days in which to
feeding device’— after subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) the fol- revise and extend their remarks and in-
‘‘(A) means a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, lowing: sert extraneous material on H.R. 7910.
helical feeding device, or similar device, includ- ‘‘(B) A large capacity ammunition feeding de-
vice manufactured after the date of enactment The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
ing any such device joined or coupled with an-
other in any manner, that has an overall capac- of this subparagraph shall be identified by a se- objection to the request of the gen-
ity of, or that can be readily restored, changed, rial number and the date on which the device tleman from New York?
or converted to accept, more than 15 rounds of was manufactured or made, legibly and con- There was no objection.
ammunition; and spicuously engraved or cast on the device, and Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
‘‘(B) does not include an attached tubular de- such other identification as the Attorney Gen- yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman
vice designed to accept, and capable of oper- eral shall by regulations prescribe.’’. from California (Ms. PELOSI), the dis-
ating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition. (c) SEIZURE AND FORFEITURE OF LARGE CA-
PACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.—Section tinguished Speaker of the House.
‘‘(43) The term ‘qualified law enforcement of-
924(d) of title 18, United States Code, as amend- Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I
ficer’ has the meaning given the term in section
926B.’’. ed by this Act, is further amended— thank the gentleman for yielding, and
(1) in paragraph (1)— I commend him for his leadership in
SEC. 602. RESTRICTIONS ON LARGE CAPACITY (A) in the first sentence—
AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. bringing this important legislation to
(i) by striking ‘‘Any firearm or ammunition
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 922 of title 18, involved in’’ and inserting ‘‘Any firearm or am- the floor. Protecting our kids; what
United States Code, is amended by inserting munition or large capacity ammunition feeding could be more important than that? I
after subsection (u) the following: device involved in’’; thank the gentleman for channeling
‘‘(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to im- (ii) by inserting ‘‘(v),’’ after ‘‘(k),’’; and the ideas and enthusiasms of so many
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port, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in (iii) by striking ‘‘any firearm or ammunition Members on both sides of the aisle as
or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a intended’’ and inserting ‘‘any firearm or ammu- he brings this bipartisan legislation to
large capacity ammunition feeding device. nition or large capacity ammunition feeding de-
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the pos- vice intended’’; and
the floor.
session of any large capacity ammunition feed- (B) by inserting ‘‘or large capacity ammuni- I thank Mr. NADLER for his leader-
ing device otherwise lawfully possessed on or be- tion feeding device’’ after ‘‘firearms or ammuni- ship, and I thank the task force led by
fore the date of enactment of this subsection. tion’’ each place the term appears; Mr. MIKE THOMPSON of California for
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his important work advancing the the children by the children and of the Tomorrow, thanks again to Congress-
background check partisan legislation, children in terms of our motivation to woman MCBATH and Congressman
as well as Mr. CLYBURN for his legisla- stop this for our precious children. CARBAJAL, we will pass the Federal Ex-
tion that is already over on the Senate Indeed, America had lost more chil- treme Risk Protection Act, otherwise
side. dren from gun violence than any other known as the Red Flag Act. This will
Madam Speaker, but today, we are cause. help keep guns out of the hands of
doing more. Today, we were called to Does that embarrass you to think those who pose a threat to themselves
action by our colleague, LUCY MCBATH, that in our country more children have or others.
who told us that today we must make died from gun violence than any other Soon, we will vote for Mr. CICILLINE’s
history to protect the children, and we cause? Active Shooter Alert Act to create an
are going to make history by making These stories are tragically all too AMBER alert-style notification during
progress. common in America today. Countless a mass shooting, a measure widely sup-
So I thank all of our Members, so more than those who died are forever ported by law enforcement.
many Members who have been so im- changed by the horrors of gun violence And the House will continue to con-
portant to this legislation. I thank that they saw firsthand or that they sider additional actions we can take
them on behalf of the courageous sur- experienced in their families. that have a proven record of saving
vivors of gun violence who have spoken It is sickening that our children are lives. When I talk about these different
out, out of respect for those who lost forced to live in this constant fear. And things, people say, well, what dif-
their lives and with appreciation for make no mistake, these gunmen who ference is that going to make?
the gravity of this issue that we come choose to shoot at innocent children Well, the cumulative effect is a big
to be on this floor. are desecrating, again, our culture—a one. We know there are negotiations
Madam Speaker, as the families from culture where all of us, all of our kids going on in the Senate and we are
Buffalo to Uvalde bury their loved must and should feel safe, whether it is prayerful, we are prayerful about
ones, even more communities have in school, in church, the movies, or any those. Hopefully, we can make some
been hit by gun violence. Just last other place. advancement.
weekend, Americans watched in horror Madam Speaker, protecting our chil- Because for all of us who have met
as at least 13 mass shootings unfolded dren can and must be a unifying mis- again and again and again with the
across the country: from Philadelphia sion for our Nation because they are survivors of gun violence, some coming
to Chattanooga to Phoenix to Grand our, as I said, our national treasure. time and again to check up on what is
Rapids. That is why, under the unyielding lead- happening, others new to that horrible
As the data shows, the challenge of ership of our chairman, Mr. NADLER, club that none of us wants to be a
gun violence goes much further than the House will pass the Protecting Our member of, they just want something
these mass killings. Every night on our Kids Act today. This bold package in- to happen.
streets, Americans are being killed in cludes commonsense measures that
gun crimes. And every day, our Nation b 1445
will make an enormous difference to
loses Americans to suicides and acci- save lives. Years ago, when I met with the sur-
dents. This is a tragic daily massacre, Who wouldn’t vote to raise the age vivors of Pulse, I said: What can we do
which rarely makes the headlines or from 18 to 21 for a person to have a to be of comfort to you? They said:
the evening news, but it is there. weapon of war? Just make sure it doesn’t happen to
So here we are, for the children. Who wouldn’t vote to raise the age to someone else.
When those who were advocating gun take weapons of war out of the hands That is what they said. They didn’t
violence or perpetrating it went into of teenagers? say: I need this; I need that. They said:
the classrooms, they crossed a line. It Who wouldn’t vote to get illegal guns Just make sure it doesn’t happen to
is terrible the gun violence that we off of our streets by cracking down on someone else.
have had in our country. But that they gun trafficking which is a danger to Right now, in the eyes of survivors
would go into Newtown and shoot little people but also to law enforcement? and indeed all Americans, their eyes
children who are barely out of diapers; Who wouldn’t vote for background are on us in the Congress to see wheth-
and again now in Texas, these beautiful checks on ghost gun purchases which er we have the courage, the commit-
children in elementary school, and ev- our law enforcement tells us is a major ment, and the conviction to protect the
erything that happened in between, it concern out there? children.
was an assault on the culture of our Who wouldn’t vote to protect chil- For some in Congress, a moment of
country that our children would not be dren from stolen weapons or accidental silence is good enough for them, a mo-
able to go to school without fear or shootings with safe storage require- ment of silence. As Mr. HIGGINS said
concern about their safety. ments? when he talked about Buffalo, a mo-
Our children are, as President Ken- Who wouldn’t vote to ban bump ment of silence now, but action after.
nedy said, our greatest resource and stocks—that was President Trump’s Now, we are taking that action.
our best hope for the future. They are executive order—bump stocks from ci- So many of our colleagues have
our precious treasure. Everything we vilian use or outlawing high-capacity talked about incidents in their district,
do is for the children. And for the chil- magazines designed for massacres not personal experiences shared by people
dren, we must stop this gun violence in for killing varmints. who have been victims of gun violence.
our country and restore their con- These measures will not only help Mr. ESPAILLAT talked about what hap-
fidence in their safety, wherever they stem the tide of mass murder but ad- pened in his district.
may be. So we are on a crusade for the dress the equally urgent and wide Again, so many of you have come
children, and sadly now, by the chil- range of daily gun deaths. Let us salute speaking of the horror of it all, and
dren. the many Members who have worked every time it happens, it is as if it has
Children testifying in committee. persistently to craft this strong legis- happened for the first time because the
Children coming to events. Last week, lation, written to earn bipartisan sup- horror is so fresh. But it is not the first
I had a 5th grader come to a Wear Or- port that the American people expect time for the victims who have to relive
ange rally that we had in California, and deserve. so much of the experience.
where she said she lost both her moth- Today’s package is just one step in To those who a moment of silence is
er and her father in separate gun vio- the House’s relentless fight to stop the good enough because you don’t have
lence incidents. In 5th grade, speaking bloodshed. Our Democratic majority, the courage to take a vote to protect
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at the podium so courageously. Chil- as I mentioned earlier, has twice the children, I would say your political
dren turning their grief, their experi- passed the Bipartisan Background survival is totally insignificant com-
ence now, not just—it would be enough Checks Act and the Enhanced Back- pared to the survival of our children.
to end the violence of losing a loved ground Checks Act, which together I urge my colleagues on both sides of
one, but to witness it and be a victim would put our Nation on a path toward the aisle to come together with a
of it in the classroom. A crusade for universal background checks. strong ‘‘aye’’ vote on all the provisions
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in the bill for the final package and to What this bill does is takes away children from school right now but
do so as part of a crusade of, by, and for Second Amendment rights, God-given who, instead, are picking up the pieces
the children. I urge an ‘‘aye’’ vote on rights protected by our Constitution, of their lives shattered by this un-
the Protecting Our Kids legislation. from law-abiding American citizens. imaginable loss.
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I That is what this legislation does, and But the question today is: Who
yield myself such time as I may con- that is why we should oppose it. among us will have the courage to do
sume. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- something about it? Who will be able
What happened in Uvalde, Buffalo, ance of my time. to tell mothers and fathers that their
and Tulsa is as wrong as wrong could Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I children need not go to school in a for-
be, and our hearts go out to those com- yield myself such time as I may con- tress just to keep them safe? Who will
munities and those families who have sume. be able to tell children that they did
been impacted in such a terrible way. Madam Speaker, our Nation has been all they could today to ensure that
The answer is not to destroy the Sec- through trying times these last few their parents will return safely from
ond Amendment, but that is exactly weeks as we have tried to process the the supermarket or their office or an
where the Democrats want to go. mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, evening out? Who will be able to tell
Don’t take my word for it. Just look Tulsa, and all too many other cities. their constituents that they stood with
at what they said. The President of the Just this past weekend, we learned of them and not with the gun lobby?
United States said last week that he yet another horrific incident in Phila-
wants to get rid of the most popular Americans are watching. They are
delphia and yet more carnage in Ten- begging us to protect them and their
handgun in the country. Michael nessee, Arizona, Virginia, and South
Moore, a Democrat—not a Member of loved ones from gun violence. Who
Carolina. And those are just the stories among us will answer their call?
Congress but a Democrat—said it is we saw in the news.
time to repeal the Second Amendment. I urge all of my colleagues to join me
Day after day, we see more lives lost in supporting this Protecting Our Kids
During our 10-hour markup last to gun violence in our schools, on our
Thursday in the committee hearing, Act, and I reserve the balance of my
streets, in our houses of worship, and time.
Representative JACKSON Lee said if this
in our homes, touching every region of Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
bill passes, we are not finished. Rep-
the country. And we hear the urgent yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
resentative JONES said if this bill
calls from our constituents crying out Ohio (Mr. CHABOT).
doesn’t pass, we will end the filibuster;
for us to take action. Today, we heed
we will expand the Supreme Court; we Mr. CHABOT. Madam Speaker, this
that call.
will do whatever it takes to get law- legislation represents an unfortunate
H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids
abiding citizens’ guns. missed opportunity. After witnessing
Today, we have this hodgepodge of Act, is comprehensive legislation to
the horrible tragedy that occurred at
six bills thrown together. Many of the address the scourge of gun violence, a
Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,
elements in these bills are unconstitu- blight that killed nearly 45,000 Ameri-
Texas, we should be coming together
tional. Even the Ninth Circuit has said cans in 2020 alone.
and working in a bipartisan manner to
it is unconstitutional what they want It builds on the work of several of
take every constitutionally permissive
to do on the age limit. These bills our colleagues, including:
ANTHONY BROWN’s Raise the Age Act, step to make our schools safer and
would say when you can buy a firearm, more secure and to protect our most
what kind of firearm you can get, and which would raise the lawful age to
purchase an AR–15 styled semiauto- valuable resources, our children.
where and how you have to store that That is what we did after the tragic
firearm in your own darn home. matic assault rifle from 18 to 21 years
old; shooting in Parkland, Florida. Back in
Of course, tomorrow, they are bring- 2018, Congressman JOHN RUTHERFORD, a
ing the so-called red flag law to the ROBIN KELLY’s Prevent Gun Traf-
ficking Act, which would establish new former sheriff, led a bipartisan group of
floor. Someone who doesn’t like you Members, myself included, in reauthor-
can file a complaint. Within 24 hours, Federal offenses for gun trafficking
and straw purchasing; izing the COPS Secure Our Schools
there is a hearing that you are not al- grant program. The legislation we
lowed to be at—you can’t confront DAVID CICILLINE’s Untraceable Fire-
arms Act, which would ensure that passed increased Federal funding for
your accuser—and they can take away school security and expanded the safe-
your Second Amendment liberty. That ghost guns are subject to existing Fed-
eral firearms regulations; ty measures for which the money could
is the bill they are going to pass to- be used.
morrow. A trio of gun storage proposals—
Frankly, this shouldn’t surprise us. ROSA DELAURO’s Ethan’s Law, ELISSA As a result, the Department of Jus-
For 18 months, Democrats have as- SLOTKIN’s Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act, tice announced over $125 million in
saulted the First Amendment. It and SHEILA JACKSON LEE’s Kimberly grants last year to help improve secu-
shouldn’t surprise us now that they are Vaughan Firearms Safe Storage Act— rity at local schools. Overall, it is a
coming after the Second. Every right which would establish storage regula- good program that will benefit millions
we enjoy as Americans under the First tions that keep guns out of the hands of students and teachers, but there is
Amendment—your right to practice of children and award grants for fire- always room for improvement.
your faith, your right to assemble, arm storage assistance programs; That is why we should be looking for
your right to petition your govern- DINA TITUS’ Closing the Bump Stock ways to get more money to schools to
ment, freedom of the press—heck, some Loophole Act, which would build on ex- increase security, but the legislation
of them call for outlawing certain net- isting regulations banning the manu- before us today contains nothing that
works. facture, sale, or possession of bump will really help make our schools safer.
And freedom of speech, just a few stocks for civilian use; In fact, efforts to add school security
weeks ago, the Biden administration And TED DEUTCH’s Keep Americans provisions to the bill were rejected by
tried to put together the Safe Act, which would ban the sale, the majority.
Disinformation Governance Board. Oh, manufacture, and illegal possession of For example, during the Judiciary
my goodness. gun magazines that hold more than 15 Committee markup, I offered an
The attacks on the First Amendment rounds of ammunition. amendment to encourage the hiring of
have been sustained. They have been I thank each of them for their con- retired police officers and honorably
going on for 18 months, and now here tributions to this bill and for making discharged military personnel as
they come, going after law-abiding this country safer for all Americans. school resource officers. After all, no
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citizens’ Second Amendment liberties. Madam Speaker, all of us in this one is better trained and better pre-
The Speaker started by saying this Chamber were shaken by the images of pared to protect our schools. Unfortu-
bill is about protecting our kids. That parents in Uvalde standing in line to nately, the majority rejected this com-
is important. Sure is. That is what she match their DNA to the remains of monsense proposal to help improve
said, protecting our kids is important. their 9- and 10-year-old children, par- safety and security at schools across
Yes, it is. But this bill doesn’t do it. ents who should be picking up their the country.
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Then, at Rules Committee, I offered er was shot dead, she marked herself made available at the point of sale—for both
an amendment to allow unspent Amer- with blood because she was attempting rifles and shotguns—which will train new gun
ican Rescue Plan funds to be used on to save her life. owners on the value of safe storage and re-
school security programs. Billions set These children, these Americans, our mind seasoned gun owners that safe storage
aside for schools under that legislation loved ones, this should not happen goes hand-in-hand with responsible gun own-
hasn’t been spent and could be lost for- again. So, this bill that has a package ership.
ever if schools don’t meet certain dead- of storage bills, that has a package of There are now more guns held legally and
lines. munitions, that deals with the age, illegally in the U.S. than there are people.
While we do, or did, need to protect deals with a number of items, traf- While gun violence touches every corner of
students and teachers from COVID, ficking, ghost guns, bump stocks, this America, Texas has suffered some of the
more children under 11 died at Robb El- is a way to go. deadliest mass shootings in history.
ementary in 1 hour than have died Despite the escalating gun violence statis-
b 1500
from COVID in the entire State of tics, which have left innumerable families and
Texas this year. Yet, we have $100 bil- I hope, as we go in the future, we are communities broken and afraid, Congress has
lion—billion with a b—in unspent edu- not afraid of a 7-day waiting period or still failed to act.
cation funds to fight COVID while only an assault weapon ban. This is the way Instead, lawmakers in several states, includ-
$125 million—million with an m—avail- to go. ing in my state of Texas, have reconvened
able for school security. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The after mass shootings to soften gun laws, most
It seems logical that we should allow time of the gentlewoman has expired. notably, passing permit-less carry legislation.
these unspent funds to be spent to pro- Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I I have been dismayed by those who repeat-
tect our children and our teachers. The yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 edly offer thoughts and prayers, then fail to
money could be used for metal detec- seconds. act. Our top priority as lawmakers should be
tors, to adopt security plans, to train Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, protecting our communities. Yet, we have re-
school officials, to hire school resource this is the way to go. linquished that duty through inaction.
officers, including, as I mentioned, re- I thank Chairman THOMPSON and Now is the time for action. We cannot wait
tired police officers, and to help iden- Chairman NADLER. any longer. I call upon each of my colleagues,
tify students with mental health issues This is the way to go. Should they be on both the right and left, to muster your cour-
and get those students the treatment given a death sentence? Where is the age and join me in support of H.R. 7910—life-
that they need. responsible gun owner that can stand saving legislation, which represents the hard
Yet, this commonsense amendment, with me and declare that they should work of so many dedicated members of Con-
too, was rejected by the majority. live? You are out there. gress.
Instead of school security measures, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The I thank House Judiciary Committee Chair-
we, unfortunately, have a bill full of time of the gentlewoman has again ex- man NADLER and Representative MIKE THOMP-
likely unconstitutional provisions that pired. SON, Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention
won’t pass the Senate anyway. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, Task Force, for working with me on this bill
The crux of my argument against we need humanity and courage. and recognizing the urgency and necessity of
this legislation is the majority is act- Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. bringing it to the floor.
ing quickly when they ought to be 7910, the ‘‘Protecting Our Kids Act.’’ Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
doing the right thing. Our country is experiencing a crisis of gun yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I violence. It is critical that Congress act now to Florida (Mr. GAETZ).
yield 2 minutes to the distinguished protect our children and our communities by Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, Speak-
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON supporting H.R. 7910. This multifaceted legis- er PELOSI tells us she is on a crusade
LEE), the cosponsor of the bill and a lation is a combination of humanity, courage, for the children. Someone should
member of the Judiciary Committee. decency, and action. maybe remind the Speaker the Cru-
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I traveled to Uvalde and listened to the sades did not always end well when
no 9-year-old should be sentenced to a grieving parents and families of children and they were reflexively driven by emo-
death sentence. No grandmother shop- teachers slaughtered at Robb Elementary. We tion and riddled with poor planning.
ping at a grocery store should get a can no longer standby idly as our children suf- No, this is no crusade for the chil-
death sentence. No mother who testi- fer such life-changing trauma. dren. If it were, you wouldn’t leave our
fied today should lose her son. As I stand here today, I am reminded of the children as sitting ducks in gun-free
Vicious gun violence that has no immortal words of the conscience of Con- zones when they go to school every
rhyme and no reason. Yes, I am excited gress, Representative John Lewis, following day.
about this historic moment. H.R. 7910, the 2016 Pulse Nightclub massacre. He said: The Speaker says we need action. We
the Protecting Our Kids Act, is, in fact, ‘‘This is the fight. It is not an opinion. We are for action. How about the action of
a solution to horrible and vicious prob- must remove the blinders, the time for silence my bill to create a national stand-
lems. and patience is long gone.’’ your-ground law to strengthen self-de-
It is clear, as I stand next to the chil- He asked—‘‘Where is the heart of this fense, or RICHARD HUDSON’s bill for na-
dren, they should not have died. As I body? Where is our soul? Where is our moral tional concealed carry, or any number
stand next to those from Buffalo, they leadership? Where is our courage?’’ of proposals Republicans have offered
should not have died. As we know Far too many have died by gunfire since to unlock the safe and secure environ-
about those who were seeking medical Representative Lewis asked, ‘‘Are we blind?’’ ment when we have our military vet-
care in Tulsa, they should not have I ask this body today: Where is our courage? erans and our former members of law
died. Are we still blind to this horror? What will it enforcement able to carry a firearm re-
I have no problem with saying that take for us to act? sponsibly in schools to be able to re-
we build on this, and as Ronald Reagan As a Texan, I understand how deeply guns spond to these acts of violence?
said to us, he at the time saw no reason are embedded in our culture. Though, I equal- No, their version of action is more
for an AK–47 to be used for hunting or ly understand how our children are impacted gun control and raising the age to be
defending one’s home. by the presence of guns in our communities. able to buy certain firearms. Well, on
Dr. Guerrero, a pediatrician, said My heart was touched by Kimberly November 25, 2021, a crazed lunatic
that he raced to the hospital, and as he Vaughan, a 14-year-old student, was the with a knife broke into a home in El
raced to the hospital, he found parents youngest victim to die along with eight school- Paso and began assaulting a woman in-
outside yelling children’s names in des- mates and two teachers, at Santa Fe High side. The 20-year-old homeowner
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peration, sobbing as they begged for School in Texas in 2018. The shooter gained grabbed his rifle and killed the assail-
news of their related children. Or the access to his father’s shotgun and pistol, kept ant. That is action.
mother who ran barefoot all the way to in a closet, to carry out the murders. In 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas,
Robb Elementary School, begging and To commemorate Kimberly Vaughan, I intro- a gunman open fired inside the First
crying for a child. Or Miah, who had duced a provision of H.R. 7910 that expands Baptist Church. A Good Samaritan
the wherewithal to watch as her teach- the requires safe firearm storage devices to be grabbed his AR–15 and engaged the
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shooter, stopping him from further car- violence. None of our careers are worth me to intervene with students in a
nage—a good use for an AR–15. more than the lives of the children in mental health crisis before they reach
In 2019, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, this country. We need to pass this bill, a breaking point.
a 19-year-old killed three would-be bur- and I hope we do it with strong bipar- Imagine the impact if we had inter-
glars who broke into his home. tisan support. vened and gotten the help that this
These situations happen every day. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, the young man in Uvalde needed before he
There would be more death and more previous speaker said ‘‘nonsense.’’ It is dropped out of high school. Help me
bloodshed if we were to accept these not nonsense to defend the Second protect our children and teachers to
proposals from the Democrats. Amendment. The Second Amendment make sure tragedies like this never
The Second Amendment isn’t about protects our God-given right to protect happen again.
hunting or about self-defense; it is ourselves, our family, our property, Madam Speaker, if we adopt the mo-
about power. It is about the power that and our freedom. That is not nonsense. tion to recommit, we will instruct the
is reserved in the citizenry to curate a That is essential is what it is, and it is Committee on the Judiciary to con-
balance so that Americans are not a critical part of the Constitution. sider my amendment to H.R. 7910 to
overrun by tyranny. Thank God we Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to provide needed resources to schools for
haven’t had to use the Second Amend- the gentleman from North Carolina safety and security and mental health
ment for the purpose that some might (Mr. HUDSON). intervention and counseling.
have envisioned necessary when our Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, as Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous
Founders were creating the Constitu- the father of an elementary school consent to insert the text of the
tion. child, I am devastated every time we amendment in the RECORD imme-
That power belongs to the people, not have a school shooting. That is why diately prior to the vote on the motion
to the Democrats trying to take their identifying solutions to stop these to recommit.
rights away. tragedies is so important to me. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I There are only two significant gun objection to the request of the gen-
yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from safety bills to pass Congress recently. tleman from North Carolina?
California (Mr. THOMPSON), a cosponsor Both were Republican bills passed by a There was no objection.
of the bill and the chairman of the Gun Republican majority and signed by a Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Violence Prevention Task Force. Republican President. yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Mr. THOMPSON of California. The Democrats’ mantra has been ‘‘do Tennessee (Mr. COHEN), a member of
Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- something.’’ My Republican colleagues the Judiciary Committee.
port of this bill, the Protecting Our and I know that the American people Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise
Kids Act. I point out that every argu- expect us to do something that mat- in strong support of this bill and would
ment we have heard against it so far is ters. like to see a bill that is even stronger.
nonsense. That is why I introduced H.R. 7966, There is no question that children—
Every student deserves to feel safe in the STOP II, Secure Every School and and that is what they are—should not
school, and every parent should know Protect our Nation’s Children Act. It be buying AR–15s before they are 21. In
that their child is safe when they walk builds on the STOP School Violence fact, I don’t think they should be buy-
out of their house in the morning. Act signed into law in 2018 and redi- ing them at all. But until they are 21,
After each mass shooting, too many rects unused COVID–19 funding to pro- they shouldn’t be buying them.
people are content to offer their vide $1 billion to hire school resource It has been proven scientifically that
thoughts and prayers. The Protecting officers, and it provides $1 billion to the male brain is not developed to a
Our Kids Act is more than thoughts hire mental health guidance coun- certain point to be trusted at that time
and prayers. selors. with that type of weapon. Those are
I was proud to work on this bill with Our guidance counselors are wonder- weapons of war. Those weapons tore
Chairman NADLER, Chairwoman JACK- ful, caring people who are stretched too apart those children, decapitated them,
SON LEE, and all of our colleagues who thin. They may not always have the and made them unidentifiable. That
have contributed bills and input that time they need to reach all the chil- was the purpose of those weapons, and
have made this bill the important bill dren who need help. There is $5 billion that is what happened. There is no rea-
that it is. included to fund STOP School Violence son for that to occur.
As a lifelong hunter, gun owner, and programs that harden schools, expand The opinion in 2008 that gave the
as a combat veteran, I believe in law- active shooter training, and provide re- right to carry a gun was not unlimited.
abiding citizens’ ability and right to sources for law enforcement, school of- It said you can have reasonable restric-
own firearms. As a gun owner, I believe ficials, and students to intervene be- tions. That is what Justice Scalia said.
that all responsible gun owners have fore someone reaches a breaking point. These are reasonable restrictions.
that responsibility to support efforts to Under my legislation, schools can As far as my friend, Mr. HUDSON, I
help keep our schools, streets, and also apply for threat assessments to have great respect for him. One of the
communities safe from mass shootings identify weaknesses in security and in teachers at Uvalde who was hit and
and from the everyday gun violence mental health services. A clearing- lost all 11 children said: We trained.
that often goes unreported by the house is also codified under Homeland There is no training that can prepare
media. Security to share best practices for you for this. There is nothing you can
Each provision in this bill helps re- school safety. be prepared for.
duce gun violence, and it saves lives. My STOP II Act is one of 12 bills that If you get more school counselors,
Raising the age to buy an assault House Republicans are bringing for- does that help people in the movie the-
weapon saves lives. Limiting magazine ward that actually solve problems and aters and in Columbine? No. Movie the-
capacity will limit the carnage of mass actually save lives, all without threat- aters, churches, grocery stores all need
shootings, and it saves lives. Going ening the Second Amendment rights of to be protected. This country is wild
after traffickers keeps guns out of the law-abiding citizens. If gun control with guns, and we need to restrict
hands of people who shouldn’t have worked, Chicago would be one of the them.
them, and it saves lives. Safe storage safest cities in America. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
helps reduce suicides and keeps kids My colleagues across the aisle have yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
safe at home and school, and it saves so far refused to work with us where Texas (Mr. GOHMERT).
lives. The unregulated sales of bump there is common ground on this issue. Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, it
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stocks and ghost guns is tearing up our They and the media know the bills we has been difficult in debate last week
communities; regulating ghost guns are considering today have no chance and even today to be told that we have
and regulating bump stocks saves lives. of becoming law. no courage. We were told in debate last
This bill respects the Second Amend- I ask my colleagues across the aisle week: We don’t want to hear anymore
ment while taking steps to protect our to set aside this partisan agenda. In- about social media, violent video
communities from the epidemic of gun stead, help me to harden schools. Help games, Hollywood, mental illness. And
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they sure don’t want to hear any more way to stop a bad guy is a good guy Yes. The idea is to prevent the holes in the
about prayers. They are disgusted with a gun, has not and will not work. policies from lining up. But if we rank the
hearing about prayers. They don’t want In Uvalde, 19 good guys with guns states, California’s rate of firearm violence
ranks 29th out of 50 states for homicides and
to hear any more about fatherlessness didn’t stop the killer of 19 school kids
44th for suicides.
and drug use. and two teachers. Can you share some examples?
Maybe if we heard more prayers from We have done it the Republican way California has done a lot to prevent high-
leaders of this country instead of tak- for far too long now, and for the sake risk people from purchasing firearms. We’ve
ing God’s name in vain, we wouldn’t of the kids, it is time to do something broadened the criteria for keeping guns out
have the mass killings like we didn’t different. of the hands of people who pose a danger to
have before prayer was eliminated Today, the good guys in the House themselves or others due to mental illness. If
from school. will stand up to the NRA and pass the you’re convicted of a violent misdemeanor in
It is not like we are not willing to commonsense Protecting Our Kids Act. California, you can’t have a gun for the next
10 years; that offense has to be a felony in
consider the best way to stop mass b 1515 most states.
shootings, but if you look at the plans Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- We require background checks, and not
being proposed in these bills, you can serve the balance of my time just from licensed retailers; in most states,
find these things in cities controlled by Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I in- purchases from private parties require no
Democrats. clude in the RECORD an article dated background checks or record keeping of any
If you look at the 16 cities that were kind. We have a system, that we’re evalu-
May 31, 2022, from The New York Times ating now, for getting guns back from ‘‘pro-
hit with record homicide rates, they all titled ‘‘California has America’s
had Democrats at the top controlling hibited persons’’—people who have been con-
Toughest Gun Laws, and They Work.’’ victed of violent crimes or who are facing do-
things: Philadelphia, 524 murders last mestic violence restraining orders. And we
[From the New York Times, May 31, 2022]
year; Austin, Texas, had a record 88; In- enforce these policies, unlike a lot of other
CALIFORNIA HAS AMERICA’S TOUGHEST GUN
dianapolis, 258; Albuquerque, 107; Co- states.
LAWS, AND THEY WORK
lumbus, Ohio, 179; Jackson, Mississippi, What else?
(By Shawn Hubler)
129; and Atlanta, Georgia, 150. In the early 1990s, cheap handguns—‘‘Sat-
The grotesque toll of gun violence is again urday Night Specials’’—were almost entirely
If you look at the Speaker’s own
being debated in Congress. As Luis Ferré- manufactured around Los Angeles. It was a
State—as this article by AWR Hawkins Sadurnı́ and I reported over the long week-
said this week, an FBI report on active few companies making upward of 800,000
end, states are not holding their breath. cheap handguns a year. So the state imposed
shooter incidents in 2021 shows Cali- Particularly this state: In ways that have
standards for design and safety. One of the
fornia was the number one State for tended to be underreported, California has
companies has since gone to Nevada. The
such incidents, with 6 incidents out of significantly lowered gun deaths, Dr. Garen
rest went belly-up and no one else has come
the 12 that met the definition of mass J. Wintemute, an emergency room doctor
in to fill the gap.
and longtime firearm violence researcher,
killing. told me this week.
What about gaps?
In California, universal background ‘‘For the last 20, maybe even 25 years—ex- Every time California sets a new standard,
checks, assault weapons ban, high-ca- cept for the two years of the pandemic, the gun industry tries to outwit it. Unregu-
pacity magazine ban, 10-day waiting which have increased homicides and suicides lated ghost guns have become immensely
across the country—our rates of firearm vio- popular here, precisely because we’re such a
period on gun purchases, red flag laws,
lence have trended downward,’’ said Dr. tightly regulated market. And the state pro-
gun registration requirements, good gram to recover guns from prohibited people
cause requirement for concealed Wintemute, who directs the Violence Pre-
vention Research Program at the University has never had the level of funding it needs to
carry—and what is the response we got of California, Davis, Medical Center in Sac- do the whole job—there are only about 40
in debate last week about? You ought ramento. ‘‘And this has been at a time when trained agents for the whole state and a
to have due process. We are told: Oh, most of the rates in the rest of the country backlog of at least 10,000 people whose guns
they get due process. Look at the bill. have gone up.’’ need to be taken.
What the Democrats call due process California’s rate of firearm mortality is Overall, what could the rest of the country
is just like the January 6th Com- among the nation’s lowest, with 8.5 gun learn from California?
deaths per 100,000 people in 2020, compared The lower the prevalence of ownership, the
mittee. It is not due process. It is not lower the rate of firearm violence—that’s
with 13.7 per 100,000 nationally and 14.2 per
bipartisan. They have only one side 100,000 in Texas, the Centers for Disease Con- been one of the most robust research find-
that is heard at the hearing. The peo- trol and Prevention has reported. And Cali- ings for decades. Rates of gun ownership are
ple, when they want to take away your fornians are about 25 percent less likely to lower here, in part because of this bundle of
gun, they don’t get to be there. The die in mass shootings, compared with resi- state measures. In the United States overall,
husband can rush in and claim the bat- dents of other states, according to a recent something like 25 percent to 30 percent of in-
tered wife is a threat. That is enough Public Policy Institute of California anal- dividuals own guns. In California, it’s about
to get her eliminated from being able ysis. 15 percent to 18 percent.
I asked Dr. Wintemute how California is Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, the
to use a weapon or have a weapon. different. Here’s a lightly edited excerpt
These are not the ways to fix things. from our conversation, which took place on evidence doesn’t lie. California’s rate
For people who are okay with late- Memorial Day after his emergency room of firearm mortality is among the Na-
term abortions and ripping the arms shift: tion’s lowest, with 8.5 gun deaths per
and legs off of children that feel the Just a couple of weeks ago, California had 100,000 people in 2020, compared with
pain and then crushing the skulls, it is a mass shooting. By what measures are our 13.7 per 100,000 nationally and 14.2 per
policies a success? 100,000 in Texas. Gun safety laws work.
desensitizing. You have to look at it on a population
Madam Speaker, it is not well re- basis. We do have more mass shootings in It is that simple.
ceived. California, but we’re also by far the largest Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I state. I looked a while ago at the rates of the distinguished gentleman from
yield 1 minute to the gentleman from firearm violence across the 21st century— Maryland (Mr. HOYER).
Georgia (Mr. JOHNSON), a member of homicide and suicide together—and the rest Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I
the Judiciary Committee. of the country was up, but California’s rates thank the gentleman for yielding.
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Madam were so far down that the average was flat. This is an emotional debate. It is an
We always hear that nothing works, that
Speaker, how free are we as Americans even California’s strict gun laws are ineffec-
emotional debate because we lose, on a
if we are holed up in our homes, shell- tive. daily basis, family members, neigh-
shocked by gun violence? We should That’s because we evaluate policies one at bors, friends, and fellow citizens to a
not have to live like that. We shouldn’t a time, in isolation. The results for one pol- bullet or multiple bullets—killed by
have to live tormented by the need to icy might be mixed or even negative. But gun.
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buy yet another gun more powerful what California has done over a number of I do not subscribe to the theory that
than the one our neighbor purchased decades has been to enact a whole bundle of some promote that the more guns we
policies that I think work in synergy, to
last week. That is not freedom. Our measurable effect.
have, the safer we will be. I believe
kids deserve better. It sounds like the ‘‘Swiss cheese model’’ that is somewhat like the O.K. Corral
The old and tired NRA Republican public health experts have used to address theory that if you have a faster gun,
Party philosophy, which is the only Covid. then you will be safe. Eventually,
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somebody will have a faster, bigger, obviously, with passion, hate, and may be possible. I surely hope it is. But
and more surprising gun than we. anger at the pain that he apparently this House will not and should not wait
Madam Speaker, like all Americans, was suffering physically and perhaps to act. That is why we are voting on
I found the mass shooting at Uvalde, emotionally. this Protecting Our Kids Act today.
Texas, heart-wrenching, tragic, and un- So what did he do? This legislation is, in my view, long
acceptable. Although the news was ex- He went down and quickly got a overdue. I participated in a sit-in on
cruciating to watch, it was anything gun—an AR–15 to be exact—and went this floor to try to galvanize the Con-
but surprising given our history with and shot not only Dr. Phillips but three gress. It didn’t work. Sadly, it didn’t
deadly firearms. Sadly, we didn’t even other people in the process. Those are work. To the disappointment of the
have time to mourn the 19 children and 285 deaths we could have prevented if American people, it didn’t work.
two teachers who were killed in Uvalde we had commonsense gun laws in place. This comprehensive bill is the prod-
before news broke of another mass Of the 45,000 people who died from uct of tireless efforts by many of our
shooting—over and over and over and gun violence last year alone—we are colleagues to address issues that con-
over and over and over again. talking about making people safe— tribute to our gun violence epidemic.
At some point these statistics have 45,000 deaths—they are not safe—how Thanks to ROBIN KELLY, the Pro-
to move us to respond in an effective many would have also been spared had tecting Our Kids Act will crack down
way. My friend from North Carolina our laws been stronger? on gun traffickers who take guns,
suggested hardening the schools. We Frankly, I, myself, would favor re- where? Into the big cities and spread
have hardened this Chamber over the instituting the 1994 assault weapons them around. Now, they sell them;
objections of some when we know that ban for which I voted. And I lamented they don’t give them away for free. But
the fact that when my Republican col- it is the traffickers who break the
no gun should be in this Capitol other
leagues were in charge of the House, laws—not of Chicago, but perhaps don’t
than those possessed by law enforce-
Senate, and the Presidency, they al- break the laws of where they bought
ment, Capitol Police.
According to the nonpartisan Gun lowed that law to go out of existence. multiple guns for those who can’t buy
None of us can speculate what the cost
Violence Archive, there have been as guns.
of that was, but there is no doubt in Similarly, Representatives Cicilline
many as 33 mass gun violence incidents
my mind there was a cost. In fact, that and Espaillat pushed to include provi-
in the 14 days since the attack on Robb
bill reduced mass shootings then, and sions that would regulate elusive ghost
Elementary. We have more guns in this
it would do so again now.
country than any other nation on guns. Now, I chaired the Subcommittee
There is much I believe we ought to
Earth. The Second Amendment guaran- on Treasury, Postal Service, and Gen-
do as the Representatives of the Amer-
tees that we have a right to a gun, but ican people in this House. The House, eral Government that oversaw the Al-
the Supreme Court in Heller said: But though, has already taken action on cohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division,
there are limitations to that right. two very critical gun safety measures and we couldn’t even make sure that
I strongly support an individual supported by 9 out of 10 Americans. We ordnance—bullets—could be traced be-
American’s right to have a gun in his don’t have 9 out of 10 Americans who cause the NRA was opposed.
or her home—their home—to protect are Democrats in this country. Neither Representative TITUS ensured that
themselves and their business. But the side does. But if you have any credence we would ban bump stocks, a weapon
Court said: Be reasonable. in polling data that says what Ameri- component that allowed a gunman to
In the past week alone, 7 days, we cans think, 9 out of 10 think that com- kill 60 people in Las Vegas in 2017 and
have seen mass shootings in Chat- prehensive background checks should wound hundreds more.
tanooga, Tennessee, in Philadelphia, be the law of the land. I don’t know a Was he a hunter? Was he a sports-
Pennsylvania; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. commonsense argument against that. man?
Not even 10 days before the shooting in We passed the Charleston loophole. Additionally, this bill will restrict
Robb Elementary, a domestic terrorist This gentleman who bought that gun 3 high-capacity magazines which enable
killed 13 people in a grocery store in hours or thereabouts before he killed shooters to inflict maximum destruc-
Buffalo, New York. Dr. Phillips would have had time to tion in the minimum amount of time,
In every corner of this country, cool off and to perhaps have second thanks to language included by Rep-
Americans are begging—begging—Con- thoughts, to perhaps have saved the resentative DEUTCH. Because of Chair-
gress to protect our kids and our peo- life of a doctor whose job it was to save woman DELAURO, Chairwoman JACK-
ple. Many of us like to say, This is the lives. We sent those bills over, and Sen- SON LEE, and Representative SLOTKIN,
people’s House. ate Republicans, however, have refused this bill also protects our kids from
The people are speaking to us and to allow even debate on either of these gun violence at home by implementing
crying out for action. bills—even debate on either of these gun storage safety standards.
A gentleman who spoke before me bills that are overwhelmingly sup- Common sense and common purpose
said something about saying prayers. I ported by the American people. protects our kids.
believe in prayer. But I also believe the I know that my Republican col- This act also includes Representative
admonition that JOHN KENNEDY said leagues are as disturbed by the murder ANTHONY BROWN’s measure to raise the
when he said: ‘‘Let us go forth to lead of children as Democrats are. I believe legal age for purchasing assault weap-
the land we love, asking His blessing that. I hope that is the case, but I be- ons and shotguns from 18 to 21. You can
and His help, but knowing that here on lieve it. But I am confounded by the buy an AR–15, apparently, or some
Earth, God’s work must truly be our unwillingness to respond in an effective other multiple-shot, quick-shot weap-
own.’’ way even on asking that everybody get on, but you can’t buy a drink in many
Today, in this House—the people’s checked out, so we know they are not jurisdictions.
House—we need to act to protect the criminally insane or a felon or an Is that common sense?
people. abuser or on the terrorist watch list; This legislation never would have
Madam Speaker, I want to direct but it is no to comprehensive back- come together without the leadership
your attention to this chart again. ground checks just to see if somebody of Chairman NADLER. I thank the
Look at the numbers—hundreds of is a danger to themselves or others. chairman for his leadership, and I
deaths. In addition to the unconscion- I know that our colleagues across the thank the committee for their work on
able trauma these attacks inflicted on aisle shed tears when their constitu- this bill. I thank Chairwoman JACKSON
the parents, children, wives, husbands, ents die from gun violence, as we do. LEE of the Subcommittee on Crime,
brothers, sisters, and other loved ones This should not be a Democratic or Re- Terrorism and Homeland Security, and
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of the victims, they have one thing in publican issue but an issue of our com- I thank Chairman THOMPSON of the
common: the perpetrator got the gun mon humanity and our common sense. Gun Violence Task Force.
legally. If we work together, we can achieve a This bill, as well as additional legis-
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the perpetrator safer America. lation from Representatives MCBATH
got the gun approximately 3 hours be- We have seen promising signs from and CARBAJAL that will be considered
fore he shot Dr. Phillips. He was filled, the Senate that a bipartisan agreement subsequently on Thursday, takes major
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steps forward to make our commu- It is not okay that mass murder has she left it in her car because she knew
nities and our children safer. become a way of life in the United the law said not to bring it in there;
Is it perfect? States of America. That is why we but her stalker knew she wasn’t going
Will it stop all the killing? must pass comprehensive gun violence to have a gun. Her stalker murdered
No, it won’t. We know that. prevention legislation, address this epi- her husband in front of her.
Is there a perfect answer? demic decisively, and allow America to Criminals don’t follow the law. So
No. be the best version of itself. let’s do the one serious thing we could
Is making schools safer bad? Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I do.
No. We support that. yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Why must children keep dying? Let’s
I don’t know that we support making Kentucky (Mr. MASSIE). quit advertising our schools as soft tar-
them into armed camps, as some would Mr. MASSIE. Madam Speaker, today gets. Let’s quit saying that these are
suggest, because I think that would we are debating six gun control provi- gun-free zones, and that these kids are
make them less safe in many respects. sions in one. Why are there six bills in sitting ducks.
b 1530 here? Because none of them work. In 1990, Congress did another knee-
But you can’t take six bills that jerk reaction that has cost more lives
So I urge all of my colleagues to put than it saved. It is called the 1990 Gun-
our country, our constituents, and our don’t work and put them together and
make one that does. It doesn’t work Free School Zones Act.
kids first. Let us rise above party and Fortunately, some States and school
partisanship and special interests as we that way.
These are unserious, unconstitu- districts have had the wisdom to over-
seek to do what is right, what is nec- ride this provision. And guess what?
essary, and what an overwhelming ma- tional and, most troubling, dangerous
provisions; six titles in this bill, and We don’t have to guess.
jority of the American people are look- Does hardening our schools work?
ing to Congress to achieve. they all suffer the same inherent prob-
Does letting trained teachers and pro-
Isn’t that what we are supposed to lem that gun control suffers when we
fessional staff carry, does it protect
do, represent the people? pass it here in these legislatures, and
children? We know it does. Because in
I am hopeful we can find a bipartisan that problem is, criminals do not obey
every single school district, every
path forward to enact long-overdue re- the law. They are going to love some of
school that has allowed them to carry,
forms to make our communities safer these laws, though.
Let’s take, for instance, the so-called there hasn’t just been no mass shoot-
from gun violence because a bullet ings, there hasn’t been a single shoot-
doesn’t care about your race, your safe storage provisions in here. Home
invaders are going to love the fact that ing. Why?
faith, your age, your orientation, or Because these insane individuals,
any other factor. Congress has now told you you need to
they seek one thing. They seek some
And yes, people do care about those lock up your gun in your house. How
twisted version of glory, which in-
things and manifest it in the worst way are you going to defend yourself when
volves a body count. And they know
possible. But they do it with an instru- your guns are locked up? This is dan-
they will not achieve that if they walk
ment that will allow them to kill a lot gerous. It is also unconstitutional.
into that school and the first thing
of people very quickly. The Supreme Court already ruled in
they see when they whip out their gun
The American people care what we do Heller that it is unconstitutional to re-
is a staff member who is armed and
here today. The American people care quire Dick Heller to keep his gun dis-
trained, and they die unceremoniously.
that their Congress is doing everything assembled and unloaded in his house.
That is what they deserve.
possible to keep them safe, to keep our That violates the Second Amendment.
Put three of those on the news, and
children safe. The American people Think about the provision to raise
you could stop this.
care. the age to 21 to buy a long gun. That So we should quit advertising our
Each of us today has a chance to includes rifles and shotguns, not just a schools. Quit making that the Federal
show that we care. God’s work on handgun, which is already impermis- default that they are sitting ducks.
Earth must truly be our own. Vote for sible. This is unconstitutional, and it is Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
this bill. Make our kids and commu- immoral. yield 2 minutes to the distinguished
nities and people safer. Why is it immoral? Because we are gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr.
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- telling 18-, 19-, and 20-year olds to reg- CICILLINE), a member of the Judiciary
serve the balance of my time. ister for the draft. You can go die for Committee.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I your country. We expect you to defend Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, al-
yield 1 minute to the gentleman from us, but we are not going to give you the most 6 years ago I sat down right here
New York (Mr. JEFFRIES), a member of tools to defend yourself and your fam- on this floor with the late, great John
the Judiciary Committee. ily. Lewis and so many colleagues to pro-
Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, I offered an amendment in com- test the Republicans’ unwillingness to
America is in the midst of a shocking mittee that would let the spouse of take up gun safety legislation after the
gun violence epidemic that should somebody in the armed services serving Orlando shooting at the Pulse night-
shock the conscience of everyone, and overseas acquire the means of self-de- club.
has devastated children, families, and fense while her husband is serving We promised to the American people
communities. We must address it with overseas; let her defend her and her that if we were given the majority, we
the fierce urgency of now. children. Just because she is 18, 19, or would deliver on gun safety legislation.
But there are some in this Chamber 20, and her husband is serving, she Last year, we passed bills for ex-
who would rather bury their heads in shouldn’t be defenseless. The Demo- panded criminal background checks
the sand and act like everything is crats voted it down in committee. and to close the Charleston loophole to
okay. I offered an amendment to say that ensure criminals can’t buy firearms.
It is not okay that Black folks were we won’t treat domestic violence vic- And today, we will pass
gunned down in Buffalo, New York, tims as gun traffickers if they happen groundbreaking legislation to address
simply because of the color of their to get a gun from a neighbor instead of gun violence and the epidemic of gun
skin. getting it from the gun store. Every violence in our country.
It is not okay that members of the Democrat but one voted against pro- Gun violence is the crisis of this gen-
Jewish community were gunned down tecting domestic violence victims. eration. There isn’t a person or a com-
in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pitts- Let me give you one that is not a hy- munity in this country that isn’t af-
burgh simply because of their religious pothetical. My dear friend Nikki fected by gun violence. It doesn’t mat-
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beliefs. Goeser, who worked in my congres- ter if you are rich or poor, in a city or
It is not okay that children were sional office, watched her husband suburb, young or old. We are all a text
gunned down and shredded in Uvalde, murdered in front of her in a gun-free message away from this happening to
Texas, by an 18-year old who should zone because she followed the law. She any one of us.
never have had access to a weapon of had a licensed registered firearm and, In the last 159 days alone, we have
war. in a moment she regrets to this day, had more than 240 mass shootings in
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this country; almost 19,000 dead from Amendment right, and declares only gentlewoman from Washington (Ms.
guns, and 27 school shootings. Children that it shall not be infringed. This is JAYAPAL), a member of the Judiciary
killed in Uvalde, Parkland, Sandy not a right granted by the Constitu- Committee.
Hook, and many more places across the tion. Neither is it in any manner de- Ms. JAYAPAL. Madam Speaker, the
country. pendent upon that instrument for its Protecting Our Kids Act is about say-
Enough is enough. It is time to do existence. ing no more to mass shootings, no
something. Every minute we wait, The Second Amendment simply de- more to children murdered in schools,
every minute we fail to act, we sen- clares that it shall not be infringed, no more to Black people murdered at
tence more Americans and more chil- but that is exactly what your bills do. the grocery store, no more to doctors
dren to death by guns in this country. The Republicans have also said, let’s being murdered in hospitals, no more
The Protecting Our Kids Act is a harden the schools. Look, you have got to losing our children, our fathers,
smart, commonsense package that will $122 billion that you gave in relief, mothers, siblings, and friends in this
save lives. I urge my colleagues to take COVID relief to K–12. More than 90 per- uniquely American epidemic of gun vi-
this first step with us. Help reduce gun cent of it remains unused. olence.
violence in this country. Protect your And you say, well, we don’t want to The families who have lost loved ones
constituents from the gun violence talk about doors. What do we do? We know that these deaths are not inevi-
that is ravaging communities all hide behind doors because they work. table. We need to act now.
across America. You can harden schools and make This bill has simple but effective so-
And we can’t stop here. This is a them work. You can arm guards and lutions: Raise the minimum age to 21
great bill. There is a lot more work to make them work and make children to buy a semiautomatic rifle, prohibit
be done to make certain that kids and safer. gun trafficking and high-capacity mag-
all the members of our communities We all condemn the acts of violence azines, require safe storage, and crack
are safe. that have occurred throughout our down on ghost guns and bump stocks.
But have the courage to stand up. country, but the answer cannot be re- Had these protections been enacted
Actually, it doesn’t take a lot of cour- stricting America’s right to protect in 1999, they would have stopped at
age. Do your job. Protect your con- themselves. Every day, Americans use least 35 recent mass shootings and
stituents from these horrific acts of guns to protect themselves and their saved over 400 lives.
gun violence. families. This bill will make it harder Today, we can choose to mean it
Vote ‘‘yes’’ on this legislation. for Americans to do this. That is an in- when we say ‘‘never again.’’ Vote
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- convenient fact that my colleagues ‘‘yes.’’ Save lives. Save children. Save
bers are directed to address their re- across the aisle simply can’t and our communities.
marks to the Chair. choose not to address. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I Last week, at markup, Democrats re- serve the balance of my time.
yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from peatedly claimed that good guys with Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Arizona (Mr. BIGGS). guns do not stop bad guys with guns. yield 1 minute to the distinguished
Mr. BIGGS. Madam Speaker, I thank But Congressman MASSIE read a long gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs.
the gentleman for yielding. list of incidents of good guys using DEMINGS), a member of the Judiciary
I oppose H.R. 7910, the Democrats’ guns to stop bad guys. But that list Committee.
latest gun control effort. Supporters of was ignored. Mrs. DEMINGS. Madam Speaker, as
this bill do not want to protect Amer- I will give you one. In Charleston, a police chief, I was expected to get
ica’s Second Amendment rights be- West Virginia, a woman with a 9-milli- things done, to do everything within
cause they don’t care about Second meter handgun stopped a shooter my power to keep people safe.
shooting into a crowd with an AR–15. Offering thoughts and prayers is fine.
Amendment rights.
Here is one. Stephen Willeford My grandchildren do that. But if that
Instead of addressing the societal
stopped a shooting at a church in Suth- was all I did as a police chief after
issues that have been caused by dec-
erland Springs. mass shootings, no one would have let
ades of progressive leftwing policies
I urge you to vote ‘‘no.’’ me get away with that. Well, there is
that have assaulted the American fam-
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I an expectation for Congress, too, to do
ily and American society, they want to
yield 1 minute to the distinguished more.
ban guns. Madam Speaker, what is painfully
They ignore the fact that many of gentleman from California (Mr. LIEU),
a member of the Judiciary Committee. wrong with this tragic moment in our
the cities with the most restrictive gun
Mr. LIEU. Madam Speaker, when I history are the people who want the
control laws also have the highest lev-
served in the U.S. military, I was power of the position but not really the
els of crime. They simply do not ac-
trained on firearms. responsibility.
knowledge that they don’t believe in Congress failed that little girl who
Let me tell you what a bullet from
the Second Amendment. could only be identified by her green
an AR–15 does to you. The bullet leaves
But let’s talk about what Repub- tennis shoes. Congress failed the loved
the muzzle of the AR–15 at a speed
licans have proposed because Repub- ones in Buffalo, at the Pulse nightclub,
three times higher than that of a hand-
licans have proposed many efforts. You and in Newtown.
gun. The energy is so strong that the
just heard from Mr. MASSIE one of his. After the Parkland shooting in Flor-
Well, here is what you don’t hear. I bullet will disintegrate 3 inches of your
bone. ida, Republican legislators helped pass
listened very carefully to the majority red flag laws and other meaningful leg-
A person shot with an AR–15 looks
leader. He was enumerating through islation to keep guns out of the hands
like a grenade exploded in their body.
polls. But guess what? The majority of of dangerous people.
The bullet also causes your human
Americans believe schools would be Will we do something? Haven’t we
flesh to ripple violently, so that even if
safer if teachers were given options to had enough, or is it just too scary to do
the bullet misses your artery, the
carry a firearm. That comes from The the right thing?
human flesh, the ripples can burst arte-
Economist, the latest Economist poll Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
ries anyway.
last week. serve the balance of my time.
In Uvalde, Texas, little kids were de-
A similar poll: 26 percent are safer Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
capitated and had their faces blown off.
with an armed guard. Utah allows A person under 21 cannot buy a yield 1 minute to the distinguished
teachers to carry a concealed weapon. Budweiser. We should not let a person gentleman from California (Mr.
They not only have not had a mass under 21 buy an AR–15 weapon of war. CORREA), a member of the Judiciary
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shooting, they have never had a shoot- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Committee.
ing since that law has been in place. serve the balance of my time. Mr. CORREA. Madam Speaker, I rise
Justice Scalia said in his Heller opin- in strong support of the Protecting Our
ion that the very text of the Second b 1545 Kids Act.
Amendment implicitly recognizes the Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Over the last 20 years, we have lost
pre-existence of the right, the Second yield 1 minute to the distinguished thousands of lives—thousands of lives—
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to mass shootings. Gun violence is now As Tom said to me today, what has teachers massacred in their school,
the leading cause of death of children Congress really done to protect our only to have parents who had dropped
in America. Let me repeat: Gun vio- precious children from gun violence in their children off in the morning wait
lence is now the top cause of death of those 23 years? Shamefully, nothing. in some horror line to offer DNA sam-
children in America. It is time for Congress to do its job. ples. At least 15 people murdered in
This legislation is not perfect, but if It is time to act and to demonstrate mass shootings just this weekend, in-
we can save one, two, three lives by that you give a damn about our chil- cluding in my home city, Philadelphia.
passing this legislation, then it is dren. TOM is right. I beg my colleagues, Outrage. We must feel the outrage.
worth our effort. support this commonsense bill. Do these tragedies from guns in the
It is our obligation to pass this legis- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I hands of bad actors sound like the well-
lation. Our thoughts and prayers are yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from regulated militia explicitly mentioned
not enough. We have to act and act Wisconsin (Mr. FITZGERALD). in the Second Amendment? Of course
now, and I call on my colleagues to Mr. FITZGERALD. Madam Speaker, not. It is outrageous.
join us in voting in favor of protecting I rise today in opposition to H.R. 7910. We want to save our children. We
our kids. I thought I would take this oppor-
want to save our babies. We want to
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- tunity to do my own fact check on
save our families, the elderly who live
serve the balance of my time. some of the inaccurate claims my col-
leagues on the other side of the aisle in constant fear.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Yet, did you hear, Madam Speaker,
yield 1 minute to the distinguished presented at last week’s markup.
My Democrat colleagues will often the argument on the other side of the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. GARCIA), aisle? A God-given right for an 18-year-
claim there are loopholes in the cur-
a member of the Judiciary Committee. old to slaughter children in a school?
Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speak- rent background check system, some-
times specifically citing the Charleston Enough is enough.
er, I rise today in strong support of Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
loophole. This is simply not true. Fed-
H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act, serve the balance of my time.
eral firearms licensees cannot transfer
and H.R. 2377, the Federal Extreme Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
a firearm without performing a back-
Risk Protection Order Act. yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman
ground check on the purchaser.
In Texas, our souls are crushed, and from Georgia (Mrs. MCBATH), a member
The FBI is notified immediately if a
our hearts are still broken. We stand in of the Judiciary Committee who knows
prohibited person attempts to purchase
solidarity with our friends and neigh- a weapon, and the FBI has 3 days to the tragedy of gun violence personally.
bors in Uvalde and communities across follow up. The 3 days for follow-up pre- Mrs. MCBATH. Madam Speaker, I
the Nation, mourning the lives of those vent the FBI from sitting on their rise today in support of the Protecting
who have lost their lives to gun vio- hands and not following through with Our Kids Act, a chance for us to keep
lence. background checks as a way to deny a our families healthy and whole and
Empathy, love, and morality are call- person a firearm by bureaucracy and, safe.
ing upon us to pass these bills that are therefore, take away their Second Day after day, hour after hour, the
commonsense legislation to reduce gun Amendment rights. American people have felt the pain and
violence and save children’s lives. Another claim frequently made by the horror and the despair of yet an-
Let’s not be deceived by the absurd my colleagues is that banning so-called other mass shooting, another family
proposition to arm our teachers in assault weapons, a term they rarely de- torn apart, another community bro-
schools. Let’s let schools be schools. A fine, would reduce mass shootings. De- ken.
teacher should be armed with books, spite automatic weapons already being
not guns. Children need to focus on I know that feeling. You know my
illegal to the general public, the left story. My son, Jordan, was just 17
learning the ABCs, not how to dodge uses the term ‘‘assault weapons’’ to de-
bullets. years old when he was shot by a man
scribe scary-looking guns, regardless of who simply didn’t like the loud music
I urge my colleagues across the aisle the actual characteristics of the fire-
to consult their conscience, not the that he was playing in his car.
arm. Even weapons mischaracterized as How long do we let American fami-
NRA, and vote ‘‘yes’’ on these meas- assault weapons are used in less than 1
ures. lies in this country keep suffering this
percent of all homicides. pain?
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Many of my colleagues claim man-
serve the balance of my time. That is why we must pass this com-
dating so-called safe storage of fire-
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, how monsense legislation, why we must
arms is a commonsense approach to re-
much time remains on each side. take this step toward ensuring that we
ducing gun violence. Not only does a
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- are creating true progress for the next
requirement to keep a firearm within
tleman from New York has 401⁄2 min- generation.
the home unloaded or locked up not
utes remaining. The gentleman from Americans deserve better, and shame
comply with Supreme Court precedent,
Ohio has 381⁄2 minutes remaining. on us if we do not take action.
but it also puts them at a disadvan-
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
tage.
yield 1 minute to the distinguished Listen, if you want to accomplish serve the balance of my time.
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. something today, pass what many Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
NEGUSE), a member of the Judiciary States have done, and that is to make yield 1 minute to the distinguished
Committee. resources available to secure schools. gentlewoman from Texas (Ms.
Mr. NEGUSE. Madam Speaker, I rise Madam Speaker, $100 million, and over ESCOBAR), a member of the Judiciary
today not to offer my words but the 1,300 Wisconsin schools have removed Committee.
words of a brave Coloradan, Tom Mau- themselves from the list of the most Ms. ESCOBAR. Madam Speaker, on
ser. Tom’s son, Daniel, was murdered vulnerable with State dollars. Let’s do August 3, 2019, in El Paso, a white su-
at Columbine High School 23 years ago that today and really accomplish some- premacist massacred 23 innocent peo-
in 1999. He was 15 years old, the same thing. ple at Walmart. Our red flag bill might
age as me. Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I have saved them.
Tom shared with me that in the yield 1 minute to the distinguished On August 31, 2019, eight people were
weeks before his death, Daniel asked gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. killed in Midland-Odessa by a man who
him, ‘‘Dad, did you know there are DEAN), the vice chair of the Judiciary failed his background check and pur-
loopholes in the Brady Bill?’’ Committee. chased a gun through a private sale.
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At 15 years old, Daniel was able to Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, it is said Our bill on private firearm sales might
see the gaping holes in our Nation’s that a civilized society that can no have saved them.
gun laws. Tragically, so were the two longer feel outrage can no longer be On May 18, 2018, at Santa Fe High
18-year-old killers, teenagers that, in civilized. School, a 17-year-old used his father’s
Tom’s words, ‘‘saw loopholes big Ten people slaughtered in their gro- gun to kill 10 people. Our safe storage
enough to drive a truck through.’’ cery store. Nineteen children and two bill might have saved them.
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In Uvalde, parents are burying their solution is included in the Protecting cemetery, and she ran across it yelling,
babies today after an 18-year-old pur- Our Kids Act. This is a simple, com- ‘‘Ethan, we did it. Your lifesaving leg-
chased an AR–15-style rifle and slaugh- monsense solution. Making straw pur- islation will be heard, it will get a
tered 21 individuals. Our bill raising chasing a Federal crime will help stop vote.’’
the age to 21 might have saved them. the flow of guns into our communities Madam Speaker, I am voting in favor
These are just the recent Texas mass from out of State. Most importantly, it of this legislation. I urge my col-
shootings. will save lives. leagues to do the same.
It is not the teachers, the schools, or Stopping gun trafficking and straw We love you, Ethan.
the doors. It is the guns. purchasing is just one step we can take Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
We can’t save every life, but my God, to eliminate gun violence. The Pro- yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from
shouldn’t we try? tecting Our Kids Act is a smart, broad California (Mr. MCCLINTOCK).
We hear Americans, and today in the approach to a complex issue. Passing Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Madam Speaker,
House, we are taking the action you this bill is the next step forward in sav- this is called the Protecting Our Kids
are demanding. Take note of who is ing children, and we cannot wait. Act, but sadly it does no such thing.
with you and who is not. I am proud to Madam Speaker, I urge my col- The one thing that we could do imme-
remain El Paso Strong. leagues to support this bill. diately to protect our kids is the one
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- thing that the Democrats refuse even
serve the balance of my time. serve the balance of my time. to consider.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I We think nothing of it when we see
yield 1 minute to the distinguished yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman an armed guard at a bank. Well, they
gentleman from New York (Mr. JONES), from Connecticut (Ms. DELAURO), the are there for one purpose—to stop any-
a member of the Judiciary Committee. distinguished chairwoman of the Ap- one who is trying to steal our money.
Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, I rise propriations Committee. And, yet, when we suggest that we
because we find ourselves on a path Ms. DELAURO. Madam Speaker, I should use the same force and resolve
that we have traveled before, a path rise in support of the Protecting Our to stop someone from killing our chil-
that the American people were prom- Kids Act, a comprehensive package to dren, the left goes berserk. I simply do
ised they would never have to meet address gun violence in the United not understand such a screwed-up
again after Columbine, after Sandy States. I am pleased that it includes value system as that.
Hook, after Parkland, and now after my legislation, Ethan’s Law, which President Biden’s press secretary
Uvalde. will keep kids across the country safe says that hardening our schools is not
For two decades—two decades—Re- by ensuring that firearms are safely something he supports. Think about
publicans bought by the NRA have stored and secured. that. The most heavily guarded person
blocked every attempt to pass legisla- I introduced Ethan’s Law in the in the world in the most hardened for-
tion that would stop children from House over 3 years ago in memory of tress in the country is telling us that
being massacred in their classrooms. Ethan Song, a Guilford, Connecticut, we cannot protect our children and our
Why? Because nothing is easier than teenager, 15 years old, who acciden- schools as seriously as we protect our
buying an AR–15 in this country except tally shot himself with an unsecured money in our banks. Of course, hard-
buying a Republican Member of Con- gun in 2018. The firearm was improp- ening the schools works.
gress. erly stored in a Tupperware box with Listen to the sick mind that pro-
Today, Democrats in the House will the gun lock keys and the ammunition duced the massacre in Buffalo. He
pass the Protecting Our Kids Act, and nearby. wrote, ‘‘Attacking in a weapon-re-
we need the Senate to abolish the fili- Before I had the honor of introducing stricted area may decrease the chance
buster to do the same. Ethan’s Law in Congress, it passed the of civilian backlash. Schools, courts, or
Connecticut General Assembly and the areas where CCW are outlawed or pro-
b 1600 State senate with broad bipartisan sup- hibited may be good areas of attack.
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- port, signed into law in 2019. Today, we Areas where CCW permits are low may
serve the balance of my time. take a critical step to make Ethan’s also fit in this category. Areas with
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Law the national standard in safe stor- strict gun laws are also great places of
yield 2 minutes to the distinguished age. attack.’’ That is the Buffalo shooter.
gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Ethan’s Law will set a Federal stand- Criminals understand that even if the
KELLY). ard for safe gun storage and incentivize Democrats in this House do not.
Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Madam States to create and implement safe In committee, I offered an amend-
Speaker, for years I have heard that gun storage laws. This legislation is a ment to require schools receiving Fed-
tired argument that gun violence pre- child safety bill, first and foremost, be- eral security funds to have at least one
vention legislation won’t work. ‘‘Just cause losing just one child to acci- armed guard on every campus and to
look at Chicago,’’ they say, ‘‘where dental gun violence is too many. allow school officials who have met the
residents have some of the strictest What happened to Ethan was tragic. requirements of their State to carry a
gun laws but the highest rates of gun No parent should have to lose their concealed weapon to have it on campus
violence.’’ child because of an unsecured gun. It is to protect their students if they want
The reason for that is simple—gun time for Congress to act. to. This is something that can be im-
trafficking. More than 60 percent of In the words of Ethan Song’s parents, plemented immediately and that could
guns used in crimes in Chicago come Mike and Kristin Song, whose relent- well have stopped the massacre at
from out of State, and we are not the less advocacy led us to this moment: Uvalde.
only city where this happens. ‘‘Not a single person on Earth can It doesn’t depend on criminals obey-
According to the ATF, from just 2016 change the past, but every one of us ing the law, as this bill does. It doesn’t
to 2020, one-third of the more than 1.3 can change the future.’’ Let’s change depend on someday, maybe, reducing
million crime guns recovered and the future while saving countless lives possibly the 400 million firearms in this
traced by law enforcement were by passing the Protecting Our Kids country. It doesn’t make self-defense
brought in across State lines. These Act. harder for honest and decent people. In
guns are purchased in States with lax When Kristin Song found out that fact, it makes self-defense easier for
laws, trafficked across State lines, and Ethan’s Law was included in the Pro- honest and decent people. It would
then sold to people in our State who we tecting Our Kids Act, she said that the make future attacks on our schools
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know should not have a gun. first person she wanted to tell was much less likely to succeed and infi-
In Illinois, we are doing everything Ethan, her beautiful boy, that she has nitely more dangerous to those con-
we can to protect our residents. Our fearlessly fought for since the day she templating such an act. Yet, the Demo-
neighbors are failing us. That is why I was forced to watch him be lowered crats refuse to even consider it.
introduced the Prevent Gun Traf- into the ground. Upon hearing the We know how to reduce gun violence.
ficking Act, and why I am so glad this news, she immediately drove to the Harden our schools and protect our
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children with the same seriousness as it just a little harder for someone to this country. We must get illegal guns
we protect our money. Prosecute gun get their hands on these deadly weap- off our streets. We must pass red flag
criminals. Send them to prison for the ons, if we can save just one life or one laws to keep guns out of the wrong
rest of their lives. Execute murderers. community from this carnage and hands. We must raise the minimum age
Confine the dangerously mentally ill so grief, it will be worth it. to buy a semiautomatic assault weapon
that we can treat them. Stop letting Madam Speaker, I urge my col- to 21, and we can.
terrorists into the country across our leagues to support this legislation. These are commonsense policies,
southern border. Raise the age to buy these deadly backed by broad, bipartisan majorities
Yet, woke district attorneys often weapons. Enough is enough. of Americans. But instead, some of my
refuse to prosecute gun criminals or Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I colleagues have the audacity to sug-
they quickly drop gun charges to re- yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman gest that we turn our schools into
duce their sentences. The Democrats from Michigan (Mr. WALBERG). armed fortresses.
have all but abolished the death pen- Mr. WALBERG. Madam Speaker, the What is next? Armed churches?
alty. They have released dangerous despicable violence that took place in Armed movie theaters? Is this the
criminals from our prisons, released Uvalde and other places was horrific, country you want to leave to your chil-
dangerous criminal, illegal aliens into and we mourn the loss of innocent life. dren and grandchildren? I certainly
our communities, flooded our streets The thought of losing my fourth-grade don’t.
with the dangerously mentally ill, and grandson in this way shakes me to the Madam Speaker, guns are now the
turned a blind eye as terrorists come core. leading cause of death for children in
There are steps we can take to pre- this country. No other developed coun-
across the border that they have left
vent tragedies from occurring without try on Earth would ever tolerate this
wide open. And then they wonder why
endangering and infringing upon the level of gun violence, and we shouldn’t,
we are plagued with violent criminals.
rights of law-abiding citizens. I will not either.
Maybe it is time to get serious about
Those children in Uvalde deserved to
removing criminals from our streets support legislation taking away the
grow up.
and fortifying our schools. That is Second Amendment rights of my con- The victims in Buffalo deserved to
something we could do today that will stituents. We must focus on root return home safe.
have an immediate effect today. causes of violent crimes and the many And the 40,000 Americans who die
Protecting Our Kids Act. It does no cultural issues plaguing our society. from guns every year deserved to live.
such thing. It is a tale told by an idiot As a Nation, we face a severe mental The American people are counting on
full of sound and fury signifying noth- health crisis, fatherless homes, break- us to deliver change. I pray that we
ing. down of families, glorification of vio- won’t let them down.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I lence that permeates our culture at Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
yield 2 minutes to the distinguished every level, even to the devaluation of yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. 63 million innocent babies’ lives taken Utah (Mr. OWENS).
BROWN). in the last 50 years. It must be all-
b 1615
Mr. BROWN of Maryland. Madam hands-on-deck—in our homes, our
Speaker, again and again we hear a schools, and our churches—to address Mr. OWENS. Madam Speaker, I rise
common refrain when a mass shooting the foundational issues that keep our in opposition to H.R. 7910. The violence
happens, a young man, typically under kids and communities safe. that occurred in Uvalde, Texas, was
the age of 21, legally purchases a semi- Madam Speaker, let’s not just do horrific. As we consider the pain these
automatic rifle and murders innocent something. Harden our schools. Tackle families are experiencing, we can do
people. We saw this in Uvalde; we saw them with real solutions. Oppose this more now. Let us focus today like a
this in Buffalo; we saw this in Indian- legislation and do the right thing to laser beam on protecting our precious
apolis in 2021; and we saw this in Park- save innocent lives. children.
land in 2019. In fact, six of the nine Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I My friends on the other side of the
deadliest mass shootings since 2018 yield 2 minutes to the distinguished aisle want us to vote on a hasty, par-
were by young men who should never gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. tisan, and overreaching package of
LANGEVIN). bills they developed in the middle of
have been allowed to purchase these
Mr. LANGEVIN. Madam Speaker, I the night without any Republican
weapons in the first place.
Right now, you must be 21 in this rise today to plead with my colleagues input.
The legislation we are considering
country to buy a handgun but only to support H.R. 7910, the Protecting
today is clearly designed to strip law-
need to be 18 years old to buy a semi- Our Kids Act.
abiding Americans of their constitu-
automatic rifle capable of committing We gather just days after an 18-year-
tional rights. In a town hall meeting
unspeakable tragedies. I served in the old mowed down 19 schoolchildren and
last summer, President Biden himself
military. I trained with these weapons. two of their teachers with an AR–15.
said he would like to ban the sale of
I know what they can do. Just days earlier, a racist conspiracy
handguns and rifles, full stop. It is no
These weapons of war have no place theorist used that same type of weapon
wonder law-abiding Americans see this
in our neighborhoods, let alone in the of war to murder 10 Americans, turning
legislation as central Federal over-
hands of an untrained 18-year-old boy. a grocery store into a bloody battle-
reach.
The answer is simple—raise the age field. Nineteen families in Uvalde and History has taught us some great les-
needed to purchase these weapons to 10 families in Buffalo are permanently sons. One is that, ‘‘Liberty, once lost,
21, in line with the age to purchase shattered, never to be the same again. is lost forever.’’
handguns. We have bipartisan support On average, more than 110 Americans I grew up in the Deep South where,
for this: Democrats, Republicans, gun suffer the same fate, death by gun, for a time, Black Americans were un-
safety advocates, law-abiding citizens every single day. able to defend themselves. After the
and responsible gun owners, teachers, Madam Speaker, no one can tell me Civil War, Democrat Black Codes and
and veterans, because it is common that I don’t know what I am talking Jim Crow laws prohibited people of
sense. about when it comes to damage that color from owning firearms.
Shooting after shooting, we ask our- guns can do. Forty-two years ago, I was Most people have heard the phrase,
selves what more could we have done. a sixteen-year-old police cadet when a ‘‘40 acres and a mule,’’ the order issued
We debate whether one action could gun misfired, severing my spinal cord, in 1865 that allowed 40,000 former slaves
have saved the lives of those children, and changing my life forever. to live on hundreds of thousands of
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those mothers, fathers, grandmothers, Of course, we will never be able to acres.
and neighbors. I am done with that. It stop every single gun injury or death, After the assassination of Abraham
is time for action. but we have the power to act, to pass Lincoln, the Democrat President, An-
Raising the age to buy these weapons commonsense gun safety laws that re- drew Johnson, a Confederate sym-
won’t solve our Nation’s gun violence duce the preventable heartbreak expe- pathizer, confiscated this land, dis-
epidemic overnight, but if we can make rienced by far too many families in placing thousands of Black Americans
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and families. This is an example of why Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I Uvalde on a map—while allowing dan-
the right to bear arms is necessary to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from gerous cartels operating hundreds of
safeguard and protect our life, liberty, Texas (Mr. ROY). miles into Texas, allowing fentanyl to
and property. Mr. ROY. Madam Speaker, I thank pour into our communities and kill
The Democrats’ proposals are the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. tens of thousands of children—the very
unhelpful in protecting our kids and go Why do we have guns? children my colleagues say they wish
against all common sense. They ignore Why do we have the Second Amend- to protect.
real solutions that will keep our chil- ment? In order to do this, Democrats in this
dren safe and help prevent future acts Is it to hunt? Sure. body are willing to take away citizens’
of senseless violence. Self defense? That is even more im- God-given right—yes, the God-given
Most importantly, they are not pro- portant. right that was mocked earlier—to pro-
posing anything that protects our chil- The fact is, if you read the founders— tect himself or herself, or her family or
dren now. We don’t need to spend an- Federalist No. 46, James Madison con- his family, from harm—the very harm
other 2 years fighting over solutions. trasts us with the tyrannical govern- they foster by appeasing lawlessness,
We have solutions available imme- ments of Europe who are, ‘‘afraid to and importantly, from the very tyr-
diately. The Securing Our Students trust the people with arms.’’ anny being applied to them to deny
Act, my legislation, would empower Joseph Story in his Commentaries on that right.
local school districts to immediately the Constitution in 1833: ‘‘The right of That is what is at stake, this bill;
receive unspent funds from the Amer- the citizens to keep and bear arms has and it gets brushed aside, raise the age
ican Rescue Plan and implement secu- justly been considered as the palladium limit. Well, there are constitutional
rity measures in their schools now. of the liberties of a republic. Since it questions to that, in the 4th Circuit,
Of the $122 billion appropriated to the offers a strong moral check against the 9th Circuit, and other circuits.
America’s K–12 schools in last year’s usurpation and arbitrary power of rul- The second title in straw purchases,
$1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, ers; and will generally, even if these the very straw purchases the Democrat
roughly 93 percent remains unspent. I were successful in the first instance, DAs don’t even want to really pros-
invite my colleagues to join me in de- enable the people to resist and triumph ecute, would prohibit a law-abiding cit-
manding these hundreds of billions of over them.’’ izen from giving a gun to a friend as a
dollars be immediately used to help We have a Second Amendment be- gift.
local schools determine and implement cause we understand in this country Safe storage would make it unlawful
the safety measures that best fit their that there are some things, inalienable for me to have the 22- and the 20-gauge,
communities. We can harden our rights, that you cannot justly take propped up by my door right now in
schools and protect our children at away from a free and equal human Texas, to kill coyotes and snakes. It
school now. being. Tyrants disarm the people they would make it unlawful.
We can never bring back those pre- intend to oppress. Those are the facts. This will not do any good. It will
cious children we lost, but we can, and Jewish people in Germany were pro- harm Americans, and it undermines
we must, work together to prevent fu- hibited from owning firearms; 13 mil- our foundational liberties that are cru-
ture tragedies. lion Jews were exterminated by the
This is a solution that will harness cial for a free state.
Nazis. Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
the full weight of American innovation
The Soviets instituted gun control yield 1 minute to the distinguished
and technology and keep our schools
and millions were killed; 20 million dis- gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms.
safe now to ensure that no child, edu-
sidents were rounded up and MANNING).
cator, or family has to say goodbye to
exterminated. Ms. MANNING. Madam Speaker, so
a loved one because of any kind of vio-
Mao disarmed the Chinese people; 20 far this year, our country has experi-
lence.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I million dissidents were exterminated. enced more than 250 mass shootings.
yield 1 minute to the distinguished In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge was And it is only June. Gun violence is
gentleman from Michigan, (Mr. LEVIN). able to take advantage of the fact that now the number one cause of death of
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam limited gun ownership to just hunters children in this country. We cannot let
Speaker, I thank Chairman NADLER for and killed 1.5 million to 3 million Cam- this continue.
pulling this vital package together. bodians. The Protecting Our Kids Act is an
I speak as a father of four who is Turkey disarmed Armenians, and 1.5 important step toward curbing gun vio-
heartbroken and still processing million Armenians were killed in the lence by limiting high-capacity maga-
Uvalde, Buffalo, and the unending Armenian Genocide. zines, raising the minimum age to buy
string of mass shootings; a longtime The South disarmed slaves and ac- assault weapons to 21, and encouraging
gun reform advocate and a member of tively fought against their arming. safe storage practices.
the Gun Violence Prevention Task And then in the 20th century, armed If these measures had been in place,
Force who demands real, commonsense Black Army veterans, for example, in the 18-year-old gunman in Uvalde,
gun reform to save lives now. Louisiana, were able to defend against Texas, would not have been able to buy
That is why I support the Protecting the KKK. the two assault weapons he used to
Our Kids Act in this moment of pro- Even fact-checking organization murder 19 children and two teachers.
found grief and collective loss. When it Snopes said: ‘‘We find it reasonable to The Dayton, Ohio, shooter would not
comes to the epidemic of gun deaths, conclude that gun confiscations, facili- have been able to buy the high-capac-
there is no panacea. We must pass tated by laws requiring the registra- ity magazine that allowed him to shoot
meaningful reforms, evaluate our tion and/or licensing of firearms, 26 people in 30 seconds.
work, and then keep on passing more played a crucial role in carrying out of Madam Speaker, we can’t solve this
legislation. 20th-century genocides.’’ complex problem at once, but neither
Though I am extremely supportive of This is not fiction. This is in our life- can we desist from taking common-
this long-overdue package, I am con- time. This is in our grandparents’ life- sense measures to help make this coun-
cerned about criminal penalties for time. This is in our recent history. try safer for our children. Let’s honor
safe storage violations. Over-criminal- This is why the Second Amendment our oath. Let’s do our job to keep the
ization too often harms Black and matters. It is not trivial. It is not American people safe. Vote ‘‘yes’’ on
Brown communities. something you just brush aside. This is this bill. It is the least we can do for
As a warrior for racial justice, I urge a foundation of liberty. It is who we our constituents.
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all of us to investigate how disparate are. But in order to sell a lie to the Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
communities would be impacted before American people that the government serve the balance of my time.
this bill heads to the President’s desk. will protect them from all manners of Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Madam Speaker, I urge my col- evil, while defunding the police, leav- yield 1 minute to the distinguished
leagues on both sides of the aisle to ing our borders wide open—I am glad gentlewoman from California (Ms.
support this bill. my colleagues can suddenly find SPEIER).
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Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I be- Think of yourselves and your own chil- weaker gun laws have higher rates of
lieve I am the only Member of this dren. They deserve solutions to this. firearm related homicides and suicides,
House that is a victim of gun violence. There has to be more from you than study finds.’’
My body is riddled with bullets. I have damning the Democratic Party. [From CNN, May 27, 2022]
a divot in my leg that is the size of a Come on. We are Members of Con- STATES WITH WEAKER GUN LAWS HAVE HIGH-
football. I have skin grafts on all parts gress. ER RATES OF FIREARM RELATED HOMICIDES
of my body. I live with that every sin- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The AND SUICIDES, STUDY FINDS
gle day. time of the gentlewoman has expired. (By Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar)
A victim of gun violence is trauma- Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I A new study published Thursday by a lead-
tized over and over again. I implore my yield an additional 10 seconds to the ing non-profit organization that focuses on
colleagues on the other side of the gentlewoman. gun violence prevention found that there is a
aisle, if we had a 737 that crashed every Ms. ESHOO. Many of us say a prayer, direct correlation in states with weaker gun
month for 12 months in this country, the Lord’s prayer. And at the end we laws and higher rates of gun deaths, includ-
we would do something about it. And say: And lead us not into temptation ing homicides, suicides and accidental
that is what is happening to children in but deliver us from evil. Amen. killings.
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I The study by Everytown for Gun Safety de-
this country.
termined that California had the strongest
Madam Speaker, 1,500 kids die of gun yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from gun laws in the country. Hawaii topped the
violence every single year. We have to Wisconsin (Mr. TIFFANY). list with the lowest rate of gun deaths in the
do something about it. All we are say- Mr. TIFFANY. Madam Speaker, not country while Mississippi led the country
ing is don’t let them purchase an as- one word from our colleagues when it with both the weakest gun laws and highest
sault weapon until they are 21. We al- comes to the crime waves in cities like rate of gun deaths.
ready say you can’t purchase a hand- Chicago, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Min- ‘‘What this project does, is show what
gun until you are 21. Dr. Guerrero this neapolis, New York, San Francisco, we’ve been saying for years: Gun laws save
lives,’’ said Nick Suplina, senior vice presi-
morning talked about decapitated and Philadelphia.
dent of law and policy at Everytown for Gun
heads. To do so would be to criticize their Safety Support Fund. ‘‘We think this is
Madam Speaker, I urge my col- own soft-on-crime policies. It has been going to be a really important tool for law-
leagues—I am leaving this institu- going on for a decade now. They hope makers, reporters and advocates that have
tion—to please do something. Americans ignore the inconvenient been looking for the kind of visual tool that
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- truth. Criminals don’t get background can make that case clearly.’’
serve the balance of my time. checks, and they don’t fear laws be- To compile its list, the group used data
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I cause rogue prosecutors financed by from the Centers for Disease Control and
yield 1 minute to the distinguished Prevention, looked at each state’s rate of
progressive dark money groups don’t
gun deaths in 2020 and compared those rates
gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. SCHA- enforce our laws. with 50 policies that they say are scientif-
KOWSKY).
b 1630 ically proven to be effective in preventing
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, gun violence, Suplina said.
I thank the chairman for yielding. These criminal strongholds and The research team then weighed the list of
Madam Speaker, I will share a con- Washington, D.C., have one thing in gun safety policies based on their efficacy,
versation that I had with Anna Kate, common: They are run by Democrats ranked each state on its implementation of
who is a constituent of mine in my dis- who refuse to enforce our laws. those policies and compared that score with
trict. She called my office absolutely This administration, responsible for the rates of gun deaths in each state, he said.
a 40-year inflation high, erasing our The CDC’s data includes homicides, acci-
distraught; this was late in the day of dental killings and suicides committed by
the shooting. She said that parents border, and a shrinking economy, will
guns. According to the CDC, over 45,000 peo-
have really reached their breaking say anything to distract from their ple in the United States were killed with a
point right now and that she is afraid, own failures. Jimmy Carter says thank firearm in 2020—more than half died by sui-
and she is afraid for her 7-year-old son. you for making the seventies look cide.
She said, I want to tell my child, you good. The analysis, first reported by CNN, put
will be safe in school. Week after week, we hear about vio- California at the top of the list for gun law
What a simple sentence that most lent criminals revictimizing commu- strength—a composite score of 84.5 out of 100,
nities without being held accountable. with one of the lowest rates of gun deaths
parents—any parent—would want to
The people furthering these policies per 100,000 residents, at 8.5 out of 30 and
say. ‘‘You will be safe in school.’’ below the national average of 13.6. Hawaii
But I can’t, she said. and making our communities less safe has the lowest rate of gun deaths in the
Children continue to die, and this is are the same people who are fervently country with the second strongest gun law
on all of us, all of our conscience. arguing to disarm Americans and score. It also has the lowest rate of gun own-
There is no issue more important than defund the police. They are the same ership, with firearms in 9 percent of house-
this. people weaponizing the FBI against holds, the data shows.
We can do something starting today, their political opponents and the same As state legislatures begin to convene for
people who want to repeal the Second their 2022 legislative sessions, lawmakers
something real. We can finally pass
will consider a breadth of bills that either
this legislation. Let’s do it. Amendment. I wish they would just
loosen or expand gun protections across var-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- tell the American people the truth in- ious states.
serve the balance of my time. stead of deploying Trojan horses. ‘‘I have seen firsthand in California that
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Whether it is rifle bans, 9-mm bans, the work we have done to strengthen gun
yield 1 minute to the distinguished Federal red flag laws, one thing is cer- laws has been both life-saving and effective,’’
gentlewoman from California (Ms. tain: They will not change the out- said Rep. Mike Thompson (D–CA). chair of
ESHOO). comes for the people in those cities. the House Gun Violence Prevention Task
Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I thank As some Members of this body have Force. ‘‘Gun laws work, and we need them
across the board to ensure that felons, do-
the chairman for yielding. said in the last few weeks: This is just
mestic abusers, and those with mental
Madam Speaker, where is the soul of the beginning. We will not stop. health issues can’t simply go to the next
America in this Chamber? I have lis- They will continue to erode our state over to circumvent the very laws
tened to every speaker since the debate rights because they believe in a nanny- meant to keep guns out of their hands.’’
began. state government, not a government of CNN has reached out to the National Rifle
I think that Shakespeare would say: the people. Association (NRA) to comment on the re-
Thou dost protest too much. What Americans need is the enforce- search, but it declined to do so before seeing
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We have simple, profound facts. Our ment of our laws holding criminals ac- the data.
Mississippi has the weakest gun laws with
children are being blown away. Last countable and protecting our constitu-
a score of 3 out of 100 and has the highest
week, the first funeral, that casket tional rights. rate of gun deaths per 100,000 residents—28.6
could not be opened. Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I in- out of 30, the research shows.
I think every single Member here is a clude in the RECORD a May 27, 2022, Massachusetts has adopted 37 of the 50
parent. Walk behind that casket. piece from CNN titled ‘‘States with policies and has the second-lowest rate of
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gun deaths, while Missouri has only eight of manslaughter in the same incident. All three If Republicans take the majority in
the gun safety policies and the fourth high- have pleaded not guilty. the next Congress, they could elimi-
est rate of gun deaths in the US. Louisiana Prosecutors allege that James Crumbley, nate D.C.’s gun violence prevention
and Wyoming are among the top five states the father of the suspected shooter, bought
laws, which they have repeatedly tried
with the highest gun deaths and the weakest the gun used in the shooting four days ear-
gun safety laws. lier. The incident prompted outrage over to do, including its ban on assault
‘‘Lawmakers in the states at the bottom Ethan’s alleged accessibility to the gun, ar- weapons and high-capacity magazines
can’t pretend to be ignorant about the im- guing that the shooting could have been pre- and its universal background checks.
portance of gun laws after looking at this re- vented. At least seven current Republican
port,’’ said Shannon Watts, the founder of Only 23 states currently have some sem- Members of Congress have introduced
Moms Demand Action, which has been fight- blance of a secure storage requirement, such bills. I have defeated each effort
ing for gun safety measures since the 2012 Watts said. in Congress to overturn D.C. gun vio-
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Last year, Everytown successfully worked lence prevention laws, and I vow to do
Connecticut that killed 20 children and six to pass secure storage laws in Maine, Colo-
so again, but the ultimate remedy for
educators. rado, and Oregon, among others, according
Mother and activist DeAndra Dycus said to Watts. congressional interference in local D.C.
the gun violence problem in Indianapolis is During this year’s legislative session, matters, of course, is D.C. statehood.
‘‘tearing our community apart.’’ Watts said the organization will work with Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
Nearly eight years ago, her 13-year-old son, lawmakers in hopes of passing such laws in serve the balance of my time.
DeAndre ‘‘Dre’’ Knox, was shot in the back at least 14 states. States such as California, Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
left side of his head at a birthday party in Michigan and New Jersey are working on yield 1 minute to the distinguished
Indianapolis when shots were fired during a first-of-its kind legislation that requires par- gentleman from Texas (Mr. CASTRO).
confrontation between two boys. DeAndre, ents to be notified about secure storage. Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Madam
now 21, survived after being on life support Everytown’s research shows that 21 of the Speaker, I rise to vote to do something.
for several days, Dycus said, and he cur- country’s states have rejected Stand Your It is too easy for dangerous people to
rently lives in a facility with non-verbal Ground laws, which allow individuals to use
quadriplegic paralysis.
get dangerous weapons in this country,
deadly force in public as self-defense even if
‘‘As a mother, when I look at him, I see ev- they can safely walk away from the situa- and we are either going to do some-
erything that was taken away,’’ Dycus said. tion. thing about it or we are not.
‘‘My son was a dreamer. He was a scholar. He Despite strong gun laws, some states still I want you to imagine for a second
was on this road to being something great.’’ feel the effects of being close to a state with that a shooter with an AR–15 goes into
‘‘But on the flip side, I see this little boy more lax regulations. For example, Illinois your child’s or grandchild’s school to-
who has made such an impact, not just on has the sixth-strongest gun safety laws in morrow or next fall and leaves a hole
our city but our country, as it pertains to the country, but its neighboring state of In- the size of a basketball in their chest
what it looks like to survive,’’ she said. ‘‘Dre diana has much weaker gun laws, Suplina or leaves their head decapitated off
has embodied that.’’ says.
Everytown designated a list of five their body. Ask yourself what you
According to Suplina, this could explain
foundational laws that have proven to be the why such a high number of guns purchased in would ask of the people who represent
most effective in lowering gun violence Indiana have ended up in Chicago. Last year, you. Would their thoughts and prayers
rates. These include requirements for a back- the U.S. Department of Justice charged six be good enough for you if that hap-
ground check and/or permits to purchase Indianapolis residents related to the straw pened to your child? Would they being
handguns; a permit to carry concealed guns purchasing of firearms. Prosecutors said worried about their primary election
in public; the secure storage of firearms; the more than 20 of the guns were recovered in be okay with you?
rejection of ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws; and Chicago after being used in violent crimes, The people of Uvalde, when I spoke to
the enactment of ‘extreme risk’ laws that including murder.
temporarily remove a person’s access to fire- them, asked me how it is that some-
Gun violence overall has risen during the
arms when there is evidence that they pose pandemic. More than two-thirds of the coun-
body who is 18 can’t buy beer or ciga-
a serious risk to themselves or others, ac- try’s 40 most populous cities saw more homi- rettes, but they can go into a gun store
cording to Everytown. cides last year than in 2020, and most of and buy two AR–15s and go kill 20 peo-
Last year, several conservative states— them were a result of gun violence, accord- ple.
such as Texas, Iowa, Tennessee, Montana, ing to a CNN analysis of police department The teachers who died, the cops who
Utah and Wyoming—passed legislation al- data. For many cities, the elevated rates of died, the children who died cannot vote
lowing some form of permitless carry as homicide continued into 2021. to change the law. Only we can do that.
President Joe Biden pushed forward execu- While experts say the reasons for the rise
tive actions to address gun violence fol-
This is our legacy. Vote ‘‘yes.’’
in homicides are varied, murders are increas- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem-
lowing several high-profile mass shootings. ingly carried out with guns. The increase in
In Texas, the controversial ‘‘constitutional bers are reminded to direct their re-
gun violence was underscored in the FBI’s
carry’’ legislation went into effect in Sep- 2020 Uniform Crime Report, which stated marks to the Chair.
tember that allows most Texans who legally that about 77 percent of reported murders in Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
own a firearm to carry it openly in public 2020 were committed with a gun, up from 74 serve the balance of my time.
without obtaining a permit or training. percent in 2019. The agency reported that the Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Supporters of the bill have argued that by number of homicides increased by nearly 30 yield 1 minute to the distinguished
removing the licensing requirement they are percent from 2019, the largest single-year gentlewoman from Florida (Ms.
removing an ‘‘artificial barrier’’ to residents’ jump the agency has recorded. There is no WASSERMAN SCHULTZ).
right to bear arms under the Constitution federal database of gun sales, but other inde-
and ensuring more Texans have access to
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
pendent surveys have found that gun sales Madam Speaker, I rise to confront the
‘‘the protection of themselves or their fami- have soared during the Covid–19 pandemic.
lies’’ in public. But law enforcement officials Nation’s leading child killer: gun vio-
and experts have expressed concerns that the Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I lence.
open carrying of firearms makes it more dif- yield 1 minute to the distinguished Passing the Protecting Our Kids Act
ficult for police to quell violence. gentlewoman from the District of Co- does that by raising the legal age to
‘‘As we’ve seen gun extremism continue to lumbia (Ms. NORTON). buy certain semiautomatic rifles and
rise in this country, we’ve also seen people Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise closing the ghost gun loophole. It
who open carry start out at marches and ral- in strong support of the package of gun strengthens safe storage rules at home
lies and then show up in elected officials’
homes, in polling places, statehouses and
violence prevention bills we are consid- and clamps down on bump stocks and
then on January 6th at the US Capitol,’’ ering today. high-capacity magazines.
Watts said. Gun violence is at unseen epidemic Once more, House Democrats will do
According to Watts, the shooting in a levels in this country. We need to com- something meaningful to address this
Michigan high school in December that bat the source of the epidemic: easy ac- carnage while House Republicans do
killed four students is a ‘‘textbook example’’ cess to guns. nothing. Yes, a few Senate Republicans
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of why laws that require the secure storage I will address, however, the impact of may do the absolute minimum, but
of firearms are essential to gun safety. the lack of statehood for the residents when an 11-year-old tells Congress that
The alleged gunman in that shooting, 15-
year-old Ethan Crumbley, is accused of fa- of the District of Columbia on their she smeared her murdered friend’s
tally shooting four classmates and wounding ability to pass and maintain their own blood on her own body to play dead and
several others on November 30. His parents commonsense gun violence prevention stay alive in Uvalde, I will take baby
were charged with four counts of involuntary laws. steps over no steps.
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From Uvalde and Buffalo to Park- loved ones. I oppose this bill, and I urge If we really want to be serious about
land, Orlando, and Las Vegas, America my colleagues to vote ‘‘no.’’ protecting our kids here in America,
is bleeding. While this legislation will Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I we will repeal the Gun-Free School
not end gun violence, it is a tour- yield 1 minute to the distinguished Zones Act, and we will put into action
niquet. gentlewoman from California (Ms. real legislation that protects children
The deaths, suicides, and astronom- CHU). in schools everywhere, all over Amer-
ical health costs are too high, and we Ms. CHU. Madam Speaker, we cannot ica, with good guys with guns, the
cannot continue to forsake our na- let America be like this. same way we are being protected.
tional freedoms to learn, work, and Children shouldn’t be texting their Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
worship without fear. family good-bye as they lay barricaded yield 11⁄2 minutes to the distinguished
Let’s pass this legislation and re- behind desks. Parents shouldn’t dread gentleman from Florida (Mr. DEUTCH),
claim America’s values and confront having to drop a child off at school, a member of the Judiciary Committee.
this Nation’s leading killer of children: wondering if this is a death sentence. Mr. DEUTCH. Madam Speaker, I am
gun violence. And a grandmother shouldn’t have to disappointed in the way that our col-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I fear being murdered as she goes into a leagues are so cavalierly avoiding the
yield 21⁄2 minutes to the gentleman grocery store to get dinner. facts.
The U.S. is the only country in the These commonsense measures, had
from Virginia (Mr. CLINE).
world with more civilian-owned fire- we passed them before, could have
Mr. CLINE. Madam Speaker, I thank
arms than people, and it is costing us saved over 400 people killed in mass
the gentleman from Ohio for yielding.
shootings since Columbine.
I rise in opposition to the so-called our loved ones’ lives.
I am disappointed in the cavalier
Protecting Our Kids Act. What we saw Thoughts and prayers are not
mischaracterization of jurisprudence.
2 weeks ago in Uvalde, Texas, was trag- enough. They never were. We have to
Justice Scalia said that the rights se-
ic and horrific, and we should take ac- take action. This is what we were sent cured by the Second Amendment are
tion to prevent future tragedies such as to Congress to do, to act. not unlimited. My colleagues know
this one, but this bill is not the solu- The bill before us today, H.R. 7910, that the changes in this law that we
tion for several reasons. the Protecting Our Kids Act, will save are proposing today will not undermine
First, the bill restricts the Second lives. We can no longer act like we are the Second Amendment in any way.
Amendment rights of law-abiding powerless to stop mass murders in our Madam Speaker, I have two docu-
adults. With very limited exceptions, communities when it is clear there is ments that inform everything I do
the bill would prohibit 18- to 20-year- so much we can do. here. One is the Constitution of the
olds from buying nearly all semiauto- Pass this bill. Enough is enough. United States, and the other is this list
matic rifles and shotguns. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I that I wrote on February 14, 2018, of
During the markup of this bill, the yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman every one of the 17 members of my
Judiciary Committee chairman argued from Georgia (Mrs. GREENE). community slaughtered by a killer
that this is applicable because these Mrs. GREENE of Georgia. In 1990, our with an AR–15 in his high school.
young adults don’t have fully formed schools became gun-free school zones, We have heard a lot about
brains. Yet, we entrust these same and on September 6, 1990, when I was 16 foundational rights, foundational lib-
young adults to serve our country in years old, my high school went on erties, as if the Second Amendment is
the military and die for our country. lockdown because one of the students the sum total of the Constitution.
We trust these young adults to vote in at my school brought three guns to Madam Speaker, the First Amendment
our elections. school in a duffel bag on the school matters as well, and for these 17, they
What is even more interesting is bus, brought the guns into our school, have no right to practice religion and
while Democrats believe that these and proceeded to take control of our to pray for themselves or all of those
young adults don’t have fully formed high school. And he was the only per- who are killed every time we offer
brains, they certainly are more than son in the school who had guns. That is thoughts and prayers. And for these 17
willing to try to reduce the age at why that happened. and everyone killed by gun violence,
which a person can vote to 16. There was no one to protect us who they cannot peaceably assemble as the
Second, the bill makes it more dif- had a gun that day. The only person First Amendment gives the right to all
ficult for a domestic violence victim to with guns was the very mentally ill, Americans. And, Madam Speaker, most
keep a firearm for protection. As draft- upset teenager who had brought guns of all, they cannot petition the govern-
ed, the bill would criminalize a domes- to school that day to kill other stu- ment for redress of their grievances,
tic violence victim’s attempt to seek dents. I know that fear. As a matter of not these 17, not the 19 from Uvalde, no
help from a friend or neighbor in ob- fact, I think I am the only Member of one killed by gun violence.
taining a firearm. Congress that that has actually hap- Today, we can help redress the griev-
The safe storage requirements of the pened to. ances of all those lost to gun violence
bill make it harder for people to access I am also a mom. I have dropped off by passing this important legislation.
a firearm in an emergency by man- my kids at school for years, wondering We must, and we will.
would this happen at my children’s Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
dating a one-size-fits-all approach for
school. Would they face a terrible fate yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman
firearm storage.
from Florida (Mr. RUTHERFORD).
Finally, the bill’s limits on magazine like the poor children in Uvalde? This
Mr. RUTHERFORD. Madam Speaker,
capacity will essentially ban many should never happen to our children, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 7910
common firearms, some of which may and I can’t help but point out to all of because this bill does nothing to stop
accommodate between 15 and 30 rounds us here, while we are debating how to human violence, which is the real prob-
of ammunition. protect our kids in school and we are lem at hand here.
Overall, this bill is an attempt to re- debating our Second Amendment gun Straw purchases are already illegal.
strict the constitutional rights of law- rights, I want to point out that we are You can’t buy a gun for someone else
abiding citizens while ignoring the all so privileged to be in this building to get around the background check.
broader problems of why these trage- being protected by armed guards with Bump stocks are already regulated like
dies are happening. guns who are protecting our lives. automatic weapons, thanks to the
Let’s talk about school resource offi- It is shocking to me that this body of Trump administration.
cers in our schools. Let’s talk about Congress won’t do the same thing for Infringing on the Second Amendment
fortifying school buildings. Let’s talk children in schools all over America rights of law-abiding Americans is not
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about ending the dangerous mirage of because we know one thing works. We the answer. In fact, the bill before us
gun-free zones. And yes, let’s talk know that a gun is a tool, and it is a will even make criminals out of legal
about mental health. weapon that can be used to defend gun owners.
We have to look for commonsense so- yourself or defend others. We are all This bill would put the Federal Gov-
lutions that make it easier for Ameri- lucky enough to have that privilege, ernment in charge of law-abiding citi-
cans to protect themselves and their but our schoolchildren aren’t. zens and how they store their firearms
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inside their own homes. This bill puts of 5.56-caliber ammunition. Days later, on May We must be as brave as those children and
firearms storage over and above self- 24, 2022, he entered Robb Elementary School teachers in that classroom last month. We
defense. in Uvalde, Texas, and murdered 19 fourth- must stand up to the NRA and its supporters.
Instead, let’s work together to ad- grade children and two teachers. America was Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
dress human violence problems by bol- left heartbroken and appalled by the horrific serve the balance of my time.
stering our mental health system, mass shooting and is asking how a youth who Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
identifying individuals before they be- could not buy a beer was able to buy and pos- yield 1 minute to the distinguished
come active shooters and mass mur- sess more weapons of war than a trained Ma- gentlewoman from New York (Mrs.
derers, and improving our school safety rine would carry into a deadly conflict. CAROLYN B. MALONEY).
through crime prevention through en- Unfortunately, the horror witnessed in Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New
vironmental design, CPTED. It can be Uvalde is not an isolated incident in today’s York. Madam Speaker, I rise in support
done. America. There have been over 20 mass of the Protecting Our Kids Act.
shootings in America since the tragedy at Today, the victims’ families and
b 1645 Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. Mothers, community members from the mass
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I fathers, children, and grandparents have all shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde ap-
yield 1 minute to the distinguished had their lives cut short and left behind friends peared before the Oversight Committee
gentleman from California (Mr. and family to mourn their loss. America is ex- demanding action. These communities
GARAMENDI). periencing a gun violence epidemic, and we have faced unspeakable tragedy.
Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, I are foolish to think anything will change with- It is our duty as lawmakers to listen
have heard over and over again we out immediate action locally and nationally. It to them and work to build a world
ought to harden our schools. We ought is estimated that over 20 million AR–15-style where they will never have to see these
to let every teacher have a gun. assault rifles are in the homes and streets of horrific events repeated. This legisla-
One question that needs to be asked America. There have already been 233 mass tion will save countless lives from the
as that argument goes forward: Why? shootings in America since January 2022. We violence these families have had to en-
Why do we need to do that? have to act to change this. dure.
We need to do that because an 18- During the 10 years America had a federal We must support every title in this
year-old was able to buy two AR–15s, assault weapons ban, gun homicide rates de- bill, especially title II, cracking down
go to the school in Uvalde, and shoot clined 49% nationally. Sadly, mass shootings on interstate gun trafficking. I have
up all of the students and teachers—19. and gun homicides have become more fre- spent over a decade fighting for gun
That is presumably why we have to quent and deadly since the ban expired. There trafficking and straw purchases to be
harden our schools. have been more mass shootings in the last made a Federal offense. The illegal
Maybe it is time for us to come to two years than in the 10 years under the fed- interstate movement of firearms into
the reality that it is time for us to pass eral assault weapons ban. New York, known as the ‘‘Iron Pipe-
commonsense gun safety legislation. It’s time for Congress to reinstate the fed- line’’ has caused countless firearms to
This particular piece of legislation eral assault weapons ban. H.R. 1808, the As- enter our State unlawfully. Preventing
does just that. It doesn’t take away the sault Weapons Ban Act, would do just that gun trafficking across State lines
Second Amendment rights. and institute a buy-back program to remove should be a bipartisan goal.
What it does is to provide every many of these deadly weapons from our com- As a mother and teacher, I am horri-
American with the right to life, lib- munities. Congress also must also institute a fied by these attacks on our schools,
erty, and the pursuit of happiness, and universal background check system with a grocery stores, and our communities. I
not having to worry about whether waiting period, establish a national Red Flag urge my colleagues to support this bill.
their school has been hardened suffi- law, ban ghost guns, limit magazine sizes, Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I
ciently to prevent an 18-year-old with allow civil lawsuits against gun manufacturers, yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman
two military-style weapons to enter and institute a stiff tax on all gun sales and from Florida (Mrs. CAMMACK).
assault weapons ammunition. This tax should Mrs. CAMMACK. Madam Speaker, I
that school. It is time for us to act.
be used to compensate gun violence victims came here today to speak on behalf of
Pass this legislation.
and increase investments in gun violence re- women and the parents of my district—
Mr. GARAMENDI. Madam Speaker, it is heck, honestly, I came to speak on be-
search.
time to act. The Democratic House of Representatives, half of all Americans who want their
On January 19, 1989, my wife Patti and I with no support from Republicans, has already kids to be safe and secure in their
entered the ICU at San Joaquin General Hos- voted twice this session to pass gun safety schools, and for people to be safe in
pital. We were there to see a five-year-old boy legislation. This month, House Democrats will their communities.
and his parents, who recently fled from war- take further action by voting for legislation to I came here today to say that we all
torn Laos. The boy was fighting for his life. A protect our communities from gun-wielding want these things because our hearts
day earlier, a gunman, armed with an AK 47c, men and women bent on murder and violence. collectively break when any life is lost.
walked onto the playground at Cleveland Park The tragic fact is that the Senate Republicans, We mourn for those lives lost need-
Elementary School in Stockton California and like their House colleagues, have refused to lessly.
started shooting, killing five children and injur- vote for even the most minimal gun safety leg- We need to do better, and we can do
ing thirty-two. ‘‘We came here to escape war,’’ islation and are using the filibuster to block better, which is why every single Mem-
the boy’s parents pleaded. ‘‘How could this commonsense reforms that will save lives. ber of this Chamber must, without hes-
happen in America?’’ The gun violence epidemic cannot be toler- itation, denounce, decline, decide, and
I represented Stockton in the California Sen- ated. It cannot be normalized. We must not re- oppose against H.R. 7910, the politics
ate in 1989 during the Cleveland Park Ele- elect lawmakers and candidates who would over our kids act.
mentary shooting. After hearing from first re- rather protect the NRA and their gun-ob- This is common sense. Taking legal
sponders and victims, I introduced legislation sessed donors than innocent children and firearms out of the hands of law-abid-
that would become California’s assault weap- teachers. These shooters are cowards going ing citizens does nothing but empower
ons ban—the first of its kind in the nation. after the most vulnerable. criminals.
Senator Dianne Feinstein bravely took up the As I write this, the memory of that family It is already illegal to commit mur-
case in Washington, and in 1994 Congress gathered around that hospital bed at San Joa- der. Has that stopped murder? Has that
passed and President Clinton signed the fed- quin General Hospital haunts me as I envision stopped violence? No.
eral assault weapons ban into law. Unfortu- hundreds of families gathered around hospital Madam Speaker, you said in your
nately, the federal ban expired in 2004 when beds and coffins weeping and asking, ‘‘How opening remarks: ‘‘Protecting our
the Republican-led Congress refused to ex- could this happen in America?’’ It happens be- kids—what could be more important
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tend the ban. cause our courts and too many politicians than that?’’ You said: ‘‘We are here for
Tragically, mass shootings have been on have chosen to protect gun manufacturers, the children.’’ You went on to say:
the rise ever since Congress let the assault gun sellers, and gun owners rather than chil- ‘‘Everything we do is for the children,’’
weapons ban expire. Last month in Texas, dren, teachers, worshipers, and shoppers. In and that today’s effort to strip our con-
days after his 18th birthday, a man purchased the fall mid-term elections, America must elect stitutional rights is a ‘‘crusade for the
two AR–15-style assault rifles and 375 rounds candidates who will vote for gun control. children.’’
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You must have forgotten the nearly across the country, and I expected to JONES made it clearer than anyone. If
60 million children that have been mur- hear then that they were going to talk the filibuster obstructs us, we will
dered through some of the most hor- about passing universal background abolish it. If the Supreme Court ob-
rific means during an abortion. All on checks because we know that 88 per- jects, we will expand it.
your watch. cent of the country wants to see uni- Do something, is the mantra. It is
You invoke JFK, and say: ‘‘Our chil- versal background checks passed. I am probably worth remembering that that
dren are our best resource and our best sorry, I must have missed that in their is short for the commonly heard
hope for the future.’’ conversation. phrase, ‘‘do something, even if it is
Is that so? When I heard how devastated my col- wrong.’’ The last thing we need is
Why do you deny them their future leagues are for the little children that something that is wrong. What is need-
by killing them in the womb? It sounds have been dying, like I am, I thought, ed is an answer. You are not pursuing
a bit hypocritical, if you ask me. well, great, maybe we will hear some- an answer because, frankly, you are
You also made the statement that thing about passing a law that restricts not grappling with the problem.
the leading cause of death for children people 21 and under from purchasing Could we begin with candor? Are
is firearms. Then why does the data re- guns, like MITCH MCCONNELL said he is these disasters enough to prompt can-
fute that? ‘‘NBC News’’ reported that willing to consider. I must have missed dor? Could we have some truth? You
motor vehicle deaths of kids from age 1 that, too. have been doing gun control since 1968.
to 17 continues to be the number one I have to tell you, we know these gun Has it worked to your satisfaction?
cause of death. safety legislation pieces work because The gentlewoman from Pennsylvania
Spare me, Madam Speaker, that you in New Jersey, we have passed most of said earlier: The country is sick. She
are here fighting for the children be- them, and we have made major has misdiagnosed the problem.
cause your three decades in Congress progress. In fact, while the rest of the They say it is the guns. Madam
reflect a record of anything but a fight country has seen gun rate deaths in- Speaker, guns have been prevalent in
for children. crease by 33 percent, in New Jersey the United States of America since be-
Certainly not the kids being traf- fore our founding. We did not suffer the
they fell by 10 percent.
ficked at the border. Not the kids being mass shootings. We did not suffer the
Again, I am hoping, as we speak for
abused. Not the kids fighting for their chaos in the cities like she described.
mothers and women and children and
life in the womb, or the kids whose fu- Why do we have this now?
families across New Jersey, we start to
ture is being stolen by abusive Big Chesterton, a British gentleman,
hear about how we are going to pass
Government policies. came closest, he said: ‘‘The disintegra-
this great legislation.
If this were about protecting kids,
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I tion of rational society started in the
then why does this bill do nothing to
yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from drift from the hearth and the family;
secure or harden our schools? Why
North Carolina (Mr. BISHOP). the solution must be a drift back.’’ Ev-
were there no bipartisan efforts as part
Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. erybody knows it is true.
of this package? Why do these bills do If there is a sickness in the country,
Madam Speaker, it is repeated over and
nothing to address the mental health it is the product of 60 years of disinte-
over again that the Second Amend-
crisis that we are facing that is driving gration of American culture by the lib-
ment is not unlimited, it has limits. No
the violence? It is not the guns; it is eral project: Assaults on the family;
one contends otherwise.
the people. What are the limits? Wouldn’t it be hostility to God; cheapening life; per-
People who are intent on committing
nice to hear that in the debate? vasive expansion of the welfare state;
acts of evil and violence will do so by
The limits as set forth in Heller and ridicule for individual and parental re-
any means necessary. That is a fact.
While you have conveniently forgot- McDonald is that it is improper, and sponsibility; Soros DAs ending punish-
ten so much, I certainly do not want to you cannot ban weapons that are ‘‘in ment for crime; delegitimizing,
forget how many victims of domestic common use at the time.’’ You cannot defunding, and abolishing police.
violence will be left without options to require that firearms in the home be Behold your handiwork. Stripping
protect themselves if this garbage bill ‘‘rendered and kept inoperable.’’ Americans of constitutional rights
The Ninth and Fourth Circuits have won’t cure what ails us. Not the Second
becomes law.
The same party screaming to defund said that, like other constitutional Amendment, not the First Amendment
our police is the same party screaming rights, all of them, the Second Amend- to which you are hostile, not the
about how you—a law-abiding citizen— ment protections apply to 18- to 20- Fourth Amendment, not the Fifth
should not be able to defend yourself. year-olds. The dissenting judge in that Amendment. Join us to solve the prob-
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn’t opinion in the Fourth Circuit acknowl- lems you have caused. We can find an-
mention that you have clearly all for- edged that there is ‘‘persuasive evi- swers together.
gotten your oath. An oath that we took dence of that.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
here on this Chamber floor to uphold This bill bans for 18- to 20-year-old Chair will, once again, admonish Mem-
and defend the United States Constitu- adults guns that are in common use. It bers to direct their remarks to the
tion, and the Second Amendment is bans for everyone ammo magazines Chair.
part of that. that are in pervasive use. It requires Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
Madam Speaker, and to all my col- that weapons be disabled in the home. yield 1 minute to the distinguished
leagues, the Constitution is not a la This one doesn’t violate the Constitu- gentleman from New York (Mr.
carte, you can either accept it all or tion, I admit, but it even criminalizes a ESPAILLAT).
none of it, but you cannot cherry-pick. neighbor who buys a gun for self-pro- Mr. ESPAILLAT. Madam Speaker, I
If you cannot uphold your oath, then tection for a victim of domestic vio- rise in strong support of the Protecting
you should resign. lence. Our Kids Act. This overdue legislation
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All The Democrats say more is coming. will tighten gun regulations.
Members are reminded, once again, to They use the terminology ‘‘weapon of Unfortunately, in the world’s
address their remarks to the Chair. war.’’ They intend to ban this class of wealthiest country, we have the 32nd
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I weapons entirely. You have made it highest rate of death from gun violence
yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman clear in the House Judiciary Com- across the planet. This is a horrific sta-
from New Jersey (Ms. SHERRILL). mittee. tistic that is impacting all of our dis-
Ms. SHERRILL. Madam Speaker, Ms. JACKSON LEE: Madam Speaker, tricts—blue districts and red districts.
like so many parents across the Na- will the gentleman yield? In my district, gun violence has
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tion, when I sent my four kids off to Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina. taken far too many lives, including the
school this past week, I worried that Madam Speaker, I will not yield. She young life and brutal murder of
they wouldn’t be coming home, like so has had a lot of time. Krystal Bayron-Nieves, working the
many children across the country. Madam Speaker, you made it clear midnight shift in an East Harlem Burg-
I got a bit hopeful when I heard that that you will proceed regardless of er King. The brutal murder of two po-
my colleagues are speaking for women what the Second Amendment says. Mr. lice officers in Harlem’s 32nd Precinct.
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An 11-month-old gunshot victim in the After events in Oregon, I met with Seventy-five percent of most cited
Bronx. Yes, Madam Speaker, only 11 victims of gun violence, and they de- school shooters in America are father-
months old. veloped a package that looks a lot like less; 60 percent of America’s rapists
Madam Speaker, I am here to tell my what we are voting on today. grew up without fathers; 63 percent of
colleagues on the other side of the aisle It is no longer acceptable for gun vio- teenagers who commit suicide don’t
that this epidemic is serious. In fact, it lence enablers to hide behind thoughts have a father in their life; 72 percent of
is a public health crisis. For this rea- and prayers. If other countries can pro- adolescent murderers are fatherless.
son, Congresswoman ESCOBAR and I tect their families, then so can we. The same was true for the murderer at
urge our colleagues to join us in a reso- Madam Speaker, pass this package. Robb Elementary. And I could go on.
lution declaring gun violence a na- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Why isn’t the majority talking about
tional public health crisis. serve the balance of my time. that?
This is just the beginning, Madam Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Why isn’t the majority talking about
Speaker. We will continue to pass more yield 1 minute to the distinguished solutions to have role models in chil-
gun regulations. gentleman from Nevada (Mr. dren’s lives?
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- HORSFORD). Because that doesn’t accomplish a
serve the balance of my time. Mr. HORSFORD. Madam Speaker, policy objective for them.
later this month, 30 years to the day, This bill, nor any bill before us this
b 1700 my father was shot and killed by sense- week, will stop mass shootings. This
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, may I less gun violence. bill won’t even decrease gun violence,
inquire how much time each side has And so I rise today with a heavy and the facts and evidence from the ju-
remaining? heart for those who have been mur- risdictions with similar policies make
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- dered by gun violence and the survivors that clear. Just look at any holiday
tleman from New York has 131⁄4 min- who now must live with that trauma weekend in Chicago and see how many
utes remaining. The gentleman from every single day. people have been shot with many of
Ohio has 10 minutes remaining. I have a heavy heart for the 58 vic- these policies already in place.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I tims and survivors in my hometown of This bill is simply a step further to
yield 1 minute to the distinguished Las Vegas who experienced the worst restrict the ability of law-abiding citi-
gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. mass shooting in U.S. history. zens to own firearms and defend them-
CLARK). I have a heavy heart for the parents selves while doing nothing to address
Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. and families in Uvalde, Texas, whose the cultural rot that leads to these
Madam Speaker, today in our country children were murdered while at acts.
321 people will be shot, and 111 of them school. This bill seeks to take the Second
will die from those gunshots. Twenty- I have a heavy heart for the Black Amendment rights away from 18- to 20-
two of the people who are shot every Americans who were murdered at a year-olds by taking away their ability
day in this country are kids, just like grocery store in Buffalo, New York. to purchase a firearm.
the 19 fourth graders sitting in their I have a heavy heart for the doctors
Comparing Census data on the total
classroom while they were massacred and nurses who were killed at a hos-
18- to 20-year-old population with De-
in Uvalde. pital in Tulsa.
partment of Justice data on violent
So I ask my colleagues: How many I have a heavy heart. But I also have
crimes committed by that age group—
more? the courage to protect our children,
How many more innocent people need and this includes violent crimes not in-
and I will continue to work to break
to die? volving guns—only 0.3 percent of 18- to
the cycle of violence.
How many more elders will be mur- The question is: Do my colleagues 20-year-olds commit violent crimes in a
dered at a grocery store or in their have the courage to protect our kids? year.
houses of worship? Vote ‘‘yes’’ on this legislation. Madam Speaker, when you look at
How many more children, slaugh- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I murder, including murder without
tered in their classroom, will be yield 31⁄2 minutes to the gentleman guns, only 0.013 percent of 18- to 20-
enough to do something to save lives? from Florida (Mr. STEUBE). year-olds commit murder in a year. So
We are considering the most basic Mr. STEUBE. Madam Speaker, guns today Democrats are going to take
measures to keep people safe from gun are not the cause of evil, just like the away the lawful right for 99.7 percent
violence and to keep families from hav- vehicle used by the domestic terrorist of adult Americans between the ages of
ing to I.D. their children by DNA after in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to mow down 18 and 20 for the acts of a few wicked
their bodies were destroyed by a weap- innocent people in a parade killing six people.
on of war. was not the cause of that evil. The per- Now, think about that, Madam
Raising the age to 21 to buy assault son driving it was. Speaker. So the daughter off to college
rifles, safe gun storage, and cracking Why aren’t the pictures of the vic- and living by herself can’t buy a shot-
down on gun trafficking are obvious so- tims of that heinous act being shown gun to keep in her home to protect her-
lutions. Vote ‘‘yes’’ to protect families. by the Democrats on the floor today, self against a rapist all because of 0.3
Vote ‘‘yes’’ to save our children. like those victims in Uvalde? percent of that age group has com-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Where was the left’s cry to ban vehi- mitted a violent crime.
serve the balance of my time. cles that killed those innocent lives in The magazine limits in the bill are
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Waukesha? even more egregious because it affects
yield 1 minute to the distinguished There are no cries to ban cars be- all Americans and all firearms, not just
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. BLU- cause that is not on the left’s agenda. rifles, and will effectively serve as a
MENAUER). Banning guns is. And Democrats use ban on most commonly used handguns.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Madam Speaker, these heinous crimes to further the As I demonstrated in the Judiciary
it has been heart-wrenching hearing long sought-after political objective of Committee last week, numerous fire-
the stories on the floor today. disarming America, and many Demo- arms that millions of Americans use
America is not unique with gun vio- crats in this Chamber have called for every single day to protect themselves
lence. What is unique is that America outright bans on certain firearms. and their families could be rendered
has accepted the slaughter. Unlike There is a moral decay in our coun- useless by a 15-round magazine limit.
Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zea- try that has been created by the left. And those 15-round magazine limits
land, and Norway, after horrific events They have torn down traditional insti- have absolutely no effect on solving
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they acted decisively to reduce gun vi- tutions, taken God out of our class- mass shootings.
olence, and it worked. rooms, and systematically destroyed Madam Speaker, I urge my col-
We have stood by while the carnage the notion of traditional families and leagues to stand for freedom, to stand
continues to our shame. America values. for the Constitution, and to stand for
should not be the only rich country Just look at these numbers in a re- the right of law-abiding citizens to de-
that cannot protect our children. cent article from The Christian Post: fend themselves.
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Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I lives and for the Senate to finally act The reality is the anti-Second
yield 1 minute to the distinguished and to join us in trying to end this cri- Amendment lobby has vastly outspent
gentlewoman from California (Ms. sis. all of the pro-Second Amendment
LEE). Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- groups put together in the last several
Ms. LEE of California. Madam serve the balance of my time. elections.
Speaker, I rise in strong support of Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I Who is in the pocket of whom?
H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act. yield 1 minute to the distinguished So the red flag laws take all of the
I thank Chairman NADLER for bringing gentlewoman from New York (Ms. guns from some of the people, and the
these bills to the floor. VELÁZQUEZ). bill that will pass tonight, if the Demo-
Gun violence is responsible for more Ms. VELÁZQUEZ. Madam Speaker, crats are fortunate enough to do so,
than 32,000 deaths each year. This is a we are here today because for the vic- will take some of the guns from all of
heartbreaking moment for so many of tims of Uvalde, it is too late; for the the people.
us. This is a public health crisis in our victims of Parkland, it is too late; for Now, why are the gun owners who
country. It is an epidemic. the victims of Sandy Hook, it is too don’t own so-called high-capacity mag-
The victims of Buffalo, Uvalde, late; and for the victims of Columbine, azines, for instance, concerned?
Tulsa, and other mass shootings de- it is too late. Why are the gun owners who don’t
serve more than our thoughts and Constituents from my district are own, for instance, AR–15-style weapons
prayers. still reeling from recent gun violence concerned about this legislation?
Last week, I met with young, gun vi- incidents. We all saw the images of Because they know the legislation
olence survivors in my district. They people running desperately away from won’t work, and the response to this
spoke powerfully about the cycle of vi- the shooter at the subway station in unserious and unconstitutional legisla-
olence and the easy access to guns, es- Sunset Park. I am tired of watching tion that will allow the school shoot-
pecially ghost guns. They talked about again and again my constituents suffer ings to continue will be more gun con-
the trauma they endured by them- from horrific acts of gun violence. trol from the Democrats.
selves, their families, and their com- This legislation is a necessary step to Let me give you an example, Madam
munities. This is nothing new. This has prevent gun violence from happening in Speaker. They have a high-capacity
been going on for so many years, and our schools, places of worship, grocery magazine ban in here that bans any
they are asking us to take action to stores, malls, and public transpor- magazine that can accept over 15
save lives. tation. Moreover, it imposes stronger rounds.
This bill responds to their call by regulations on those who can buy these Well, guess what?
raising the age for purchase of certain weapons of war. At Virginia Tech, the shooter carried
firearms. Congress cannot be too late anymore.
17 magazines none of which held more
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Enough is enough.
than 15 rounds and most of which held
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re-
time of the gentlewoman has expired. 10 rounds. The shooter at Columbine
serve the balance of my time.
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I carried 13 magazines, each of which
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
yield the gentlewoman an additional 15 held 10 rounds. This legislation would
yield 1 minute to the distinguished
seconds. have done absolutely nothing.
gentlewoman from Washington (Ms.
Ms. LEE of California. All I am say- It is not about how many rounds a
DELBENE).
ing is, all of our children who have died Ms. DELBENE. Madam Speaker, I rise magazine holds. It is about the evil in-
through gun violence had a right to today in support of the Protecting Our tent of the shooter and is there some-
live, and they had a right to life. Kids Act. I am a parent of two great body there with the capacity to stop
So I urge all of my colleagues to vote kids. When they were young, my hus- that shooter before they can get going.
‘‘yes’’ and to take action so that we band or I would drop them off at b 1715
can save countless lives. Let’s protect school, and we were confident that
our kids. I thank the chairman again Why is this legislation dead on ar-
they were in a safe space. But for so rival in the Senate?
for yielding. many parents, that is no longer the
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I re- Why is it dead on arrival in the Su-
case. preme Court?
serve the balance of my time. I recently hosted a roundtable with
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I One of my colleagues has already ac-
some of the over 1,000 constituents who
yield 1 minute to the distinguished knowledged they know this is uncon-
have written or called into my office
gentleman from Texas (Mr. ALLRED). stitutional, and they will pack the
following the tragedies in Uvalde and
Mr. ALLRED. Madam Speaker, after Court if they have to. They said it in
Buffalo and the over 240 mass shootings
the mass shooting in El Paso in 2019, I the Judiciary Committee, to keep this
in 2022.
received a letter from then 6-year-old It is heartbreaking to hear how par- legislation alive after it should long
Cal from Rowlett, Texas. ents have to explain to their kids what since die.
He wrote: to do if there is an active shooter, as if But why is it dead? Because Ameri-
When kids get shot, that is less friends to it is inevitable. cans don’t support it.
play with. When I grow up I don’t want to We know what we can do to help pre- You have quoted statistics. Those
hear any more on the news about people vent future tragedies like Uvalde. We statistics are fake. If they were true,
being killed with guns. this would breeze through the Senate.
can pass commonsense gun safety poli-
He was 6, and he had to write that to cies like this legislation. Enough is But they are not.
his Congressman. Today, just 3 years enough. We have to end the senseless And so I urge my colleagues to re-
later, he is the same age as some of the deaths of our children and our neigh- spect the Constitution; respect the will
kids murdered in Uvalde. bors. Vote ‘‘yes.’’ of the American people; to respect the
I refuse to accept that there is noth- Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I safety of American citizens and, most
ing that we can do, and I refuse to say yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from of all, the safety of children. Let’s do
there is nothing we can do to protect Kentucky (Mr. MASSIE). something to protect them instead of
kids like Cal or my sons in their Mr. MASSIE. Madam Speaker, I these fake virtue signals that will do
schools. thank the gentleman from Ohio for nothing but to curtail the Second
We have to act by passing common- yielding. Amendment rights of Americans.
sense measures, like raising the age to The Democrats today say they don’t Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
21 to buy an assault-style weapon, ban- want to take your guns away. Well, yield 1 minute to the distinguished
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ning high-capacity magazines, and in- then why does the legislation do just gentleman from Illinois (Mr. DANNY K.
creasing safe storage. That will save that? DAVIS).
lives. This legislation, the Protecting What they should say today is: We Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois.
Our Kids Act, will save lives. don’t want to take all of the guns away Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup-
Madam Speaker, I urge my col- from all of the people just yet because port of H.R. 7910, Protecting Our Kids
leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ to help us save we know we can’t get away with that. Act.
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You know, I am so tired of hearing Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I re- all guns from some people and they do
about Chicago and other big cities. serve the balance of my time. I am pre- so without due process. This bill takes
Local governments do what they can, pared to close. some guns from all people. But Demo-
do what they will. But this is not a Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I crats say, don’t worry. We are not out
local issue. This is a national issue. It yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman to get the Second Amendment. Really?
is a national problem and it requires a from Florida (Mr. GAETZ). Here is what Representative
national solution. Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, I thank CICILLINE said in committee last week:
And so I urge all of my colleagues, no the gentleman for yielding. Spare me the B.S. about constitutional
matter where you are from, make sure Well, we have heard the plan from rights.
that you vote to protect our kids. And Democrats. This is not a modest, trim- Here is what Representative JONES
the only way to do that is get rid of ming around the edges of gun laws. It said last week in committee: If the fili-
these assault weapons and seriously re- has been a full-throated assault on the buster obstructs us, we will abolish it.
duce the number of guns in our society. Second Amendment; a desire to deprive If the Supreme Court objects, we will
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I con- people of the weapons that they choose expand. We will not rest until we have
tinue to reserve the balance of my at the age that they achieve majority. taken weapons out of circulation in our
time. And we have heard countless exam- communities. Each and every day, we
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I ples of where the good guy with the will do whatever it takes; whatever it
yield 1 minute to the distinguished gun has been the difference between takes.
gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. DIN- more or less bloodshed. They are out to get the Second
GELL).
But this is particularly an aggrieved Amendment.
Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, as a time to bring this legislation forward The right of the American people, the
child, I lived with a man, my father, because we heard the Speaker of the right of we, the people, to keep and
who should not have had access to a House recently say that members of bear arms, shall not be infringed. That
gun. When his temper flared, we would the Republican Party were members of is what bothers them. They don’t trust
hide in the closet, my brothers and sis- a cult. So you now have House Demo- we, the people. They are smarter than
ters, praying we would see the morn- crats demeaning, defaming, calling ex- us. They are better than us. They don’t
ing. My baby sister never recovered tremists, tens of millions of Ameri- trust law-abiding American citizens.
from those fears and ultimately died by cans, while they try to disarm you and They do not trust them.
suicide, haunted by the memories. then subsequently defund the police. And that is what is so wrong with the
Too many children are living with And so no good guys are coming when direction we are going with this legis-
those fears today, in classrooms, and in the woke mob ends up at your door. lation and the legislation they are
their homes. We cannot afford to look That is their plan for America. going to bring to the floor tomorrow.
And gun control, unrestrained gun We have seen they don’t trust Ameri-
away, once again, and do nothing.
control is a key part of it. And just cans to exercise their First Amend-
Twenty-eight years ago, when the as-
like they said, they will pack the ment liberties. Now they are going
sault weapons ban was debated, my
Court; they will blow up the filibuster; after their Second Amendment lib-
husband, then an NRA board member,
they will abuse every mores of this erties. And that red flag law they are
and who, by the way, slept with a gun
place for the opportunity to take down going to bring up tomorrow goes after
under his pillow until the day he died,
the Second Amendment. That is what the Fifth Amendment due process
made one of the toughest votes of his
is at issue. That is what we are fight- rights that we enjoy as American citi-
career. He supported the bill, though
ing for. zens. That is why we should oppose this
he didn’t agree with everything in it.
And Republicans in the United States
We all have a job to do for our coun- legislation and the legislation tomor-
Senate should not sign up for this cha-
try. I don’t want to take the guns away row.
rade. They should stand with our fel-
from any responsible gun owner. But And I hope, as my friend from Flor-
low Americans for the Constitution
the clock is ticking. ida said, I hope the United States Sen-
and with American gun owners.
Who will be the next mass shooting? Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I ate doesn’t go down this red flag trail
Who is the next target? yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman that they are now on and further take
What do we want our American story away liberties from law-abiding Amer-
from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE).
to be? Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, ican people.
We need to act now. I could not sit idly by to hear the abuse Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I con- of the Second Amendment that Judge ance of my time.
tinue to reserve the balance of my Scalia would not recognize; and that is, Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I
time. that there are no restrictions. yield myself such time as I may con-
Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, I I believe Judge Scalia would look at sume.
yield 1 minute to the distinguished these dead babies and realize that the Too many cities in this country have
gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. TITUS). Constitution and the Second Amend- become a shorthand for mass shooting:
Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, I had ment that is protected, untouched, Newtown, San Bernardino, Charleston,
intended to stand up here and speak would ask you the question, is there no Las Vegas, Parkland, Santa Fe, El
about my provision preventing bump sense of responsibility to be able to Paso, Buffalo, Uvalde. The list goes on.
stocks being added to guns but, after provide restrictions to save lives? How many more communities must
sitting here and listening for several How dare you suggest that we cannot be visited by tragedy before we take
hours, my colleagues across the aisle, provide the kind of laws in Protecting action?
they have been misrepresenting the Our Kids Act that provides the incen- How many more parents need to bury
Second Amendment. They have been tives and guidelines to save lives? their own children because an 18-year
pretending to care about children, and Ask the mothers and fathers of these old with an AR–15 assault rifle stormed
they have been blubbering about their babies. The Second Amendment is not into their school?
need for big guns to protect them- absolute. It does allow restrictions; How many more children must grow
selves. just as President Reagan said: He sees up without a parent because a high-ca-
I have just got to say one thing. no reason for an AK–47, at that time, to pacity magazine allowed a shooter to
America is listening, and it will re- be used for sport or to be used for any- spray dozens of bullets through a su-
member who allowed this plague to thing else. permarket?
continue to kill our loved ones and Support our babies and vote for this Let today be the day that we begin to
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spread disaster around our country. act. Where is your responsibility and end this cycle of gun violence and we
They are listening, and they will re- courage? take meaningful action to protect our
member who it was. Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I communities and, most of all, to pro-
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I con- yield myself the balance of my time. tect our kids.
tinue to reserve the balance of my Representative MASSIE was right on You know, the Republicans tell us
time. target when he said red flag laws take that we want to defund the police. We
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don’t want to defund the police. Presi- We must pass this legislation and the Sen- Kim (NJ) Nadler Sewell
Kind Napolitano Sherman
dent Biden just said the other day we ate must get it to the President’s desk, without Kinzinger Neal Sherrill
want to fund the police. delay. Kirkpatrick Neguse Sires
They want to defund the police. They I urge my colleagues to make our children’s Krishnamoorthi Newman Slotkin
want to disarm the police. What chance lives a priority and support this commonsense Kuster Norcross Smith (NJ)
Lamb O’Halleran Smith (WA)
does a policeman, with a regular serv- legislation. Langevin Ocasio-Cortez Soto
ice revolver, have against someone The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Larsen (WA) Omar Spanberger
with an AR–15 assault rifle? None at House Resolution 1153, the previous Larson (CT) Pallone Speier
Lawrence Panetta Stansbury
all. question is ordered. Lawson (FL) Pappas Stanton
They want to make sure that our po- Pursuant to section 3(a) of House Lee (CA) Pascrell Stevens
lice have no chance at all to resist the Resolution 1153, the Chair will put the Lee (NV) Payne Strickland
dishonest people who use weapons of question on retaining each title of the Leger Fernandez Pelosi Suozzi
Levin (CA) Perlmutter Swalwell
war because weapons of war overwhelm bill, as amended. Levin (MI) Peters Takano
whatever any policeman may have. The Chair will put the question on Lieu Phillips Thompson (CA)
That is the problem here. retaining title I of the bill. The ques- Lofgren Pingree Thompson (MS)
The problem here is that they want Lowenthal Pocan Titus
tion is: Shall title I be retained? Luria Porter Tlaib
to defund—or I shouldn’t say defund. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this Lynch Pressley Tonko
They want to disarm our police, com- 15-minute vote on retaining title I of Malinowski Price (NC) Torres (CA)
pared to the crooks and the murderers H.R. 7910 will be followed by 5-minute Malliotakis Quigley Torres (NY)
Maloney, Raskin Trahan
who have the weapons of war which can votes on: Carolyn B. Rice (NY) Trone
outweigh the service revolvers that Retaining title II; Maloney, Sean Ross Turner
any police officer will have. Retaining title III; Manning Roybal-Allard Underwood
So we want to protect the police offi- Matsui Ruiz Upton
Retaining title IV; McBath Ruppersberger Vargas
cers. We want them to not be Retaining title V; McCollum Rush Veasey
outgunned by the murderers. That is Retaining title VI; McEachin Ryan Velázquez
where we are. That is what this bill Retaining title VII; McGovern Salazar Wasserman
McNerney Sánchez Schultz
does. That is perhaps why they are The motion to recommit, if offered; Meeks Sarbanes Waters
afraid of this bill. Passage of the bill, if ordered; and Meng Scanlon Watson Coleman
But we must pass this bill to save our Motions to suspend the rules and Mfume Schakowsky Welch
police officers, to save our commu- Moore (WI) Schiff Wexton
pass: Morelle Schneider Wild
nities, to save our children. H.R. 7352; Moulton Schrier Williams (GA)
Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- H.R. 7334; Mrvan Scott (VA) Wilson (FL)
ance of my time. H.R. 5879; Murphy (FL) Scott, David Yarmuth
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam Speaker, H.R. 7622; NAYS—199
we have a gun epidemic which is unique to H.R. 7664;
America. Aderholt Feenstra LaHood
H.R. 7670; Allen Ferguson LaMalfa
As a mother and grandmother, like the rest H.R. 7694; Amodei Fischbach Lamborn
of the nation, I am heartbroken by the horri- H.R. 7776; and Armstrong Fitzgerald Latta
fying killings of innocent Americans, especially H.R. 7667. Arrington Fleischmann LaTurner
Babin Foxx Lesko
our children. Pursuant to section 3(b) of House Bacon Franklin, C. Letlow
In 2021, homicides hit a 15 year high in Los Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are Baird Scott Long
Angeles. And this year, according to the Los ordered. Members will record their Balderson Fulcher Loudermilk
Angeles Police Department, people are being Banks Gaetz Lucas
votes by electronic device, and this Barr Gallagher Luetkemeyer
killed at a faster pace than last year. will be a 15-minute vote. Bentz Garbarino Mace
According to the Centers for Disease Con- The vote was taken by electronic de- Bergman Garcia (CA) Mann
trol (CDC), in 2020, 45,222 people died from vice, and there were—yeas 228, nays Bice (OK) Gibbs Massie
gun-related injuries. Of these, 19,384, died Biggs Gimenez Mast
199, not voting 1, as follows: Bilirakis Gohmert McCarthy
violently. [Roll No. 237] Bishop (NC) Golden McCaul
These are not just numbers. They represent Boebert Gonzales, Tony McClain
YEAS—228 Bost Good (VA) McClintock
individuals whose lives were cut short as a re-
Adams Cicilline Frankel, Lois Brady Gooden (TX) McHenry
sult of gun violence. They were moms, dads, Aguilar Clark (MA) Gallego Brooks Gosar McKinley
sons, and daughters. They belonged to a fam- Allred Clarke (NY) Garamendi Buchanan Granger Meijer
ily, they were loved, and will forever be Auchincloss Cleaver Garcı́a (IL) Buck Graves (LA) Meuser
missed. Axne Clyburn Garcia (TX) Bucshon Graves (MO) Miller (IL)
Barragán Cohen Gomez Budd Green (TN) Miller (WV)
They should be here today. Bass Connolly Gonzalez (OH) Burchett Greene (GA) Miller-Meeks
Mass shootings must not be an acceptable Beatty Cooper Gonzalez, Burgess Griffith Moolenaar
norm. Bera Correa Vicente Calvert Grothman Mooney
Changing our culture of gun violence will not Beyer Costa Gottheimer Cammack Guest Moore (AL)
Bishop (GA) Courtney Green, Al (TX) Carey Guthrie Moore (UT)
happen overnight. We must start the process Blumenauer Craig Grijalva Carl Harris Mullin
now. There is no excuse for failing to try. Blunt Rochester Crist Harder (CA) Carter (GA) Harshbarger Murphy (NC)
I urge my Republican colleagues to put par- Bonamici Crow Hayes Carter (TX) Hartzler Nehls
Bourdeaux Cuellar Higgins (NY) Cawthorn Hern Newhouse
tisan politics and special interests aside and Bowman Davids (KS) Himes Chabot Herrell Norman
join us in support of this commonsense legis- Boyle, Brendan Davis, Danny K. Horsford Cheney Herrera Beutler Obernolte
lation to help keep our children and fellow F. Dean Houlahan Cline Hice (GA) Owens
Americans safe. Brown (MD) DeFazio Hoyer Cloud Higgins (LA) Palazzo
Brown (OH) DeGette Huffman Clyde Hill Palmer
Our thoughts and prayers are not enough if Brownley DeLauro Jackson Lee Cole Hinson Pence
we fail to act and continue to ignore the gun Bush DelBene Jacobs (CA) Comer Hudson Perry
violence which forever shatters the hearts of Bustos Demings Jacobs (NY) Crawford Huizenga Pfluger
Butterfield DeSaulnier Jayapal Crenshaw Issa Posey
families across our nation. Carbajal Deutch Jeffries Curtis Jackson Reschenthaler
Martin Luther King Jr., reminded us that Cárdenas Dingell Johnson (GA) Davidson Johnson (LA) Rice (SC)
‘‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it Carson Doggett Johnson (TX) Davis, Rodney Johnson (OH) Rodgers (WA)
bends toward justice.’’ Carter (LA) Doyle, Michael Jones DesJarlais Johnson (SD) Rogers (AL)
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Cartwright F. Kahele Diaz-Balart Jordan Rogers (KY)
To my Republican colleagues, you do not Case Escobar Kaptur Donalds Joyce (OH) Rose
need more time. Americans need you to bend Casten Eshoo Katko Duncan Joyce (PA) Rosendale
towards justice now and help us to prevent Castor (FL) Espaillat Keating Dunn Keller Rouzer
Castro (TX) Evans Kelly (IL) Ellzey Kelly (MS) Roy
another Uvalde, another Buffalo, Tulsa, El Cherfilus- Fitzpatrick Khanna Emmer Kelly (PA) Rutherford
Paso, Parkland, Sandy Hook, and Columbine. McCormick Fletcher Kildee Estes Kim (CA) Scalise
Enough is enough. Chu Foster Kilmer Fallon Kustoff Schrader
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Schweikert Steube Walorski DelBene Larsen (WA) Rice (NY) Lesko Norman Stauber
Scott, Austin Stewart Waltz Demings Larson (CT) Ross Letlow Obernolte Steel
Sessions Taylor Weber (TX) DeSaulnier Lawrence Roybal-Allard Long Owens Stefanik
Simpson Tenney Webster (FL) Deutch Lawson (FL) Ruiz Loudermilk Palazzo Steil
Smith (MO) Thompson (PA) Wenstrup Dingell Lee (CA) Ruppersberger Lucas Palmer Steube
Smith (NE) Tiffany Westerman Doggett Lee (NV) Rush Luetkemeyer Pence Stewart
Smucker Timmons Williams (TX) Doyle, Michael Leger Fernandez Ryan Mann Perry Taylor
Spartz Valadao Wilson (SC) F. Levin (CA) Salazar Massie Pfluger Tenney
Stauber Van Drew Escobar Levin (MI) Sánchez Mast Posey Thompson (PA)
Wittman
Steel Van Duyne Eshoo Lieu Sarbanes McCarthy Reschenthaler Tiffany
Womack
Stefanik Wagner Espaillat Lofgren McCaul Rice (SC) Timmons
Zeldin Scanlon
Steil Walberg Evans Lowenthal McClain Rogers (AL) Turner
Schakowsky
Fitzpatrick Luria McClintock Rogers (KY) Upton
NOT VOTING—1 Schiff
McHenry Rose Valadao
Fletcher Lynch Schneider
Hollingsworth Foster Malinowski McKinley Rosendale Van Drew
Schrader Meijer Rouzer Van Duyne
Frankel, Lois Malliotakis
Schrier Meuser Roy Wagner
b 1805 Gallego Maloney,
Scott (VA) Miller (IL) Rutherford Walberg
Garamendi Carolyn B.
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri and Mrs. Scott, David Miller (WV) Scalise Walorski
Garcı́a (IL) Maloney, Sean
Garcia (TX) Manning Sewell Miller-Meeks Schweikert Waltz
MCCLAIN changed their vote from Sherman
Gomez Matsui Moolenaar Scott, Austin Weber (TX)
‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Gonzalez (OH) McBath Sherrill Mooney Sessions Webster (FL)
Mses. LEE of California and ROY- Gonzalez, McCollum Sires Moore (AL) Simpson Wenstrup
BAL-ALLARD changed their vote from Vicente McEachin Slotkin Moore (UT) Smith (MO) Westerman
‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Gottheimer McGovern Smith (WA) Mullin Smith (NE) Williams (TX)
Green, Al (TX) McNerney Soto Murphy (NC) Smith (NJ) Wilson (SC)
So the question was decided in the af- Nehls Smucker Wittman
Grijalva Meeks Spanberger
firmative, and title I of the bill was re- Harder (CA) Meng Speier Newhouse Spartz Womack
tained. Hayes Mfume Stansbury
The result of the vote was announced Higgins (NY) Moore (WI) Stanton NOT VOTING—5
as above recorded. Himes Morelle Stevens Donalds Mace Zeldin
Horsford Moulton Strickland Hollingsworth Rodgers (WA)
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Houlahan Mrvan Suozzi
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS Hoyer Murphy (FL) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Swalwell
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Sánchez (Garcia Huffman Nadler Takano The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) (TX)) Jackson Lee Napolitano Thompson (CA)
Rochester) Kirkpatrick Jacobs (CA) Neal the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
Sewell (Beatty) Thompson (MS)
Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sherman (Beyer) Jacobs (NY) Neguse Titus
ing.
Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sires (Pallone) Jayapal Newman Tlaib
Jeffries Norcross
(Fleischmann)
Brown (OH)
(Garcı́a (IL))
Lamb (Blunt
Spartz (Banks)
Johnson (GA) O’Halleran
Tonko b 1819
Strickland Torres (CA)
(Beatty) Rochester) Johnson (TX) Ocasio-Cortez So the question was decided in the af-
(Takano) Torres (NY)
Buchson (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez Jones Omar
Cárdenas (Neguse)
Suozzi (Beyer) Kahele Pallone Trahan firmative, and title II of the bill was
Swalwell Kaptur Panetta Trone retained.
(Correa) Loudermilk
(Correa) Katko Pappas Underwood
Cawthorn (Gaetz) (Fleischmann)
Taylor (Fallon) Vargas The result of the vote was announced
Crist Lowenthal Keating Pascrell
(Wasserman (Beyer) Thompson (PA) Kelly (IL) Payne Veasey as above recorded.
Schultz) Mace (Donalds) (Keller) Khanna Pelosi Velázquez MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Torres (NY) Kildee Perlmutter Wasserman
DeFazio McEachin RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
(Stanton) (Beyer) (Blunt Kilmer Peters Schultz
Rochester) Kim (NJ) Phillips Waters Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Sánchez (Garcia
Evans (Beyer) Moore (WI)
Kind Pingree Watson Coleman Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) (TX))
Frankel, Lois (Beyer) Vargas (Takano)
Kinzinger Pocan Welch Rochester) Kirkpatrick Sewell (Beatty)
(Wasserman Moulton Walorski (Banks)
Kirkpatrick Porter Wexton Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sherman (Beyer)
Schultz) (Neguse) Waters (Garcia
Krishnamoorthi Pressley Wild Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sires (Pallone)
Gomez (Garcia Payne (Pallone) (TX))
Kuster Price (NC) Williams (GA) (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Spartz (Banks)
(TX)) Price (NC) Welch (Pallone)
Lamb Quigley Wilson (FL) Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Strickland
Guest (Manning) Wilson (FL)
Langevin Raskin Yarmuth (Beatty) Rochester) (Takano)
(Fleischmann) Ruiz (Correa) (Neguse) Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez
Johnson (SD) Rush (Jeffries) Suozzi (Beyer)
NAYS—197 Cárdenas (Neguse)
(LaHood) Ryan (Beyer) Swalwell
(Correa) Loudermilk
(Correa)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Aderholt Clyde Graves (LA) Crist (Fleischmann)
Taylor (Fallon)
Allen Cole Graves (MO) (Wasserman Lowenthal
DEGETTE). The Chair will now put the Amodei Comer Green (TN) Thompson (PA)
Schultz) (Beyer)
question on retaining title II of the Armstrong Crawford Greene (GA) DeFazio McEachin (Keller)
bill. Arrington Crenshaw Griffith (Stanton) (Beyer) Torres (NY)
The question is, Shall title II be re- Babin Curtis Grothman Evans (Beyer) Moore (WI) (Blunt
tained? Bacon Davidson Guest Frankel, Lois (Beyer) Rochester)
Baird Davis, Rodney Guthrie (Wasserman Moulton Vargas (Takano)
Pursuant to section 3(b) of House Balderson DesJarlais Harris Schultz) (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are Banks Diaz-Balart Harshbarger Gomez (Garcia Payne (Pallone) Waters (Garcia
ordered. Barr Duncan Hartzler (TX)) Price (NC) (TX))
This will be a 5-minute vote. Bentz Dunn Hern Guest (Manning) Welch (Pallone)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Bergman Ellzey Herrell (Fleischmann) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL)
Bice (OK) Emmer Herrera Beutler Johnson (SD) Rush (Jeffries)
vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays (Neguse)
Biggs Estes Hice (GA) (LaHood) Ryan (Beyer)
197, not voting 5, as follows: Bilirakis Fallon Higgins (LA)
[Roll No. 238] Bishop (NC) Feenstra Hill The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Boebert Ferguson Hinson
YEAS—226 Bost Fischbach Hudson
Chair will now put the question on re-
Adams Brown (OH) Clarke (NY) Brady Fitzgerald Huizenga taining title III of the bill.
Aguilar Brownley Cleaver Brooks Fleischmann Issa The question is, Shall title III be re-
Allred Bush Clyburn Buchanan Foxx Jackson tained?
Auchincloss Bustos Cohen Buck Franklin, C. Johnson (LA)
Axne Butterfield Connolly Bucshon Scott Johnson (OH) Pursuant to section 3(b) of House
Barragán Carbajal Cooper Budd Fulcher Johnson (SD) Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are
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Bass Cárdenas Correa Burchett Gaetz Jordan ordered.
Beatty Carson Costa Burgess Gallagher Joyce (OH)
Bera Carter (LA) Courtney Calvert Garbarino Joyce (PA) This will be a 5-minute vote.
Beyer Cartwright Craig Cammack Garcia (CA) Keller The vote was taken by electronic de-
Bishop (GA) Case Crist Carey Gibbs Kelly (MS) vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays
Blumenauer Casten Crow Carl Gimenez Kelly (PA)
Blunt Rochester Castor (FL) Cuellar Carter (GA) Gohmert Kim (CA)
194, not voting 8, as follows:
Bonamici Castro (TX) Davids (KS) Carter (TX) Golden Kustoff [Roll No. 239]
Bourdeaux Cherfilus- Davis, Danny K. Cawthorn Gonzales, Tony LaHood
Bowman McCormick Dean Chabot Good (VA) LaMalfa
YEAS—226
Boyle, Brendan Chu DeFazio Cheney Gooden (TX) Lamborn Adams Auchincloss Bass
F. Cicilline DeGette Cline Gosar Latta Aguilar Axne Beatty
Brown (MD) Clark (MA) DeLauro Cloud Granger LaTurner Allred Barragán Bera
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Beyer Grijalva Pallone Gimenez LaTurner Rose Torres (NY) Walorski (Banks) Wilson (FL)
Bishop (GA) Harder (CA) Panetta Gohmert Lesko Rosendale (Blunt Waters (Garcia (Neguse)
Blumenauer Hayes Pappas Golden Letlow Rouzer Rochester) (TX))
Blunt Rochester Higgins (NY) Pascrell Gonzales, Tony Long Roy Vargas (Takano) Welch (Pallone)
Bonamici Himes Payne Good (VA) Loudermilk Rutherford
Bourdeaux Horsford Pelosi Gooden (TX) Lucas Salazar The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Bowman Houlahan Perlmutter Gosar Luetkemeyer Scalise Chair will now put the question on re-
Boyle, Brendan Hoyer Peters Granger Mann Schweikert
F. Huffman Phillips Graves (MO) Massie taining title IV of the bill.
Scott, Austin
Brown (MD) Jackson Lee Pingree Green (TN) Mast The question is, Shall title IV be re-
Sessions
Brown (OH) Jacobs (CA) Pocan Greene (GA) McCarthy tained?
Griffith McCaul Simpson
Brownley Jacobs (NY) Porter
Bush Jayapal Grothman McClain Smith (MO) Pursuant to section 3(b) of House
Pressley
Bustos Jeffries Price (NC) Guest McClintock Smith (NE) Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are
Butterfield Johnson (GA) Guthrie McHenry Smucker ordered.
Quigley
Carbajal Johnson (TX) Harris McKinley Spartz
Raskin This is a 5-minute vote.
Cárdenas Jones Rice (NY) Harshbarger Meijer Stauber
Carson Kahele Ross Hartzler Meuser Steel The vote was taken by electronic de-
Carter (LA) Kaptur Roybal-Allard Hern Miller (IL) Stefanik vice, and there were—yeas 220, nays
Cartwright Katko Ruiz Herrell Miller (WV) Steil 205, not voting 3, as follows:
Case Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger Herrera Beutler Miller- Steube
Casten Khanna Hice (GA) Meeks Stewart [Roll No. 240]
Rush
Castor (FL) Kildee Ryan Higgins (LA) Moolenaar Taylor YEAS—220
Castro (TX) Kilmer Sánchez Hill Mooney Tenney
Cherfilus- Kim (NJ) Hinson Moore (AL) Adams Garcia (TX) O’Halleran
Sarbanes Thompson (PA)
McCormick Kind Hudson Moore (UT) Aguilar Gomez Ocasio-Cortez
Scanlon Tiffany
Chu Kinzinger Huizenga Mullin Allred Gonzalez, Omar
Schakowsky Timmons Auchincloss Vicente
Cicilline Kirkpatrick Issa Murphy (NC) Pallone
Schiff Turner Axne Gottheimer
Clark (MA) Krishnamoorthi Jackson Nehls Panetta
Schneider Valadao Barragán Green, Al (TX)
Clarke (NY) Kuster Johnson (LA) Newhouse Pappas
Schrader Van Drew Bass Grijalva
Cleaver Lamb Johnson (OH) Norman Pascrell
Schrier Van Duyne Beatty Harder (CA)
Clyburn Langevin Johnson (SD) Obernolte Payne
Scott (VA) Wagner Bera Hayes
Cohen Larsen (WA) Jordan Owens Pelosi
Scott, David Walorski Beyer Higgins (NY)
Connolly Larson (CT) Joyce (OH) Palazzo Perlmutter
Sewell Waltz Bishop (GA) Himes
Cooper Lawrence Joyce (PA) Palmer Peters
Sherman Weber (TX) Blumenauer Horsford
Correa Lawson (FL) Keller Pence Phillips
Sherrill Webster (FL) Blunt Rochester Houlahan
Costa Lee (CA) Kelly (MS) Perry Pingree
Sires Wenstrup Bonamici Hoyer
Courtney Lee (NV) Kelly (PA) Pfluger Pocan
Slotkin Westerman Bourdeaux Huffman
Craig Leger Fernandez Kim (CA) Posey Porter
Smith (NJ) Kustoff Williams (TX) Bowman Jackson Lee
Crist Levin (CA) Reschenthaler Pressley
Smith (WA) LaHood Rice (SC) Wilson (SC) Boyle, Brendan Jacobs (CA)
Crow Levin (MI) Price (NC)
Soto LaMalfa Rodgers (WA) Wittman F. Jacobs (NY)
Cuellar Lieu Quigley
Spanberger Lamborn Rogers (AL) Womack Brown (MD) Jayapal
Davids (KS) Lofgren Raskin
Davis, Speier Latta Rogers (KY) Zeldin Brown (OH) Jeffries
Lowenthal Rice (NY)
Danny K. Luria Stansbury Brownley Johnson (GA)
Stanton NOT VOTING—8 Bush Johnson (TX) Ross
Dean Lynch Roybal-Allard
DeFazio Malinowski Stevens Bustos Jones
Cammack Graves (LA) Mace Ruiz
DeGette Malliotakis Strickland Butterfield Kahele
Carl Hollingsworth Walberg Ruppersberger
DeLauro Maloney, Suozzi Carbajal Kaptur
Donalds Keating Rush
DelBene Carolyn B. Swalwell Cárdenas Keating
Takano ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Carson Kelly (IL) Ryan
Demings Maloney, Sean Sánchez
DeSaulnier Manning Thompson (CA) Carter (LA) Khanna
Thompson (MS)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Cartwright Kildee Sarbanes
Deutch Matsui
Dingell McBath Titus the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Case Kilmer Scanlon
Tlaib ing. Casten Kim (NJ) Schakowsky
Doggett McCollum
Tonko Castor (FL) Kinzinger Schiff
Doyle, Michael McEachin
Torres (CA) Castro (TX) Kirkpatrick Schneider
F. McGovern
Escobar McNerney Torres (NY) b 1826 Cherfilus- Krishnamoorthi Schrier
Eshoo Meeks Trahan McCormick Kuster Scott (VA)
So the question was decided in the af- Chu Lamb Scott, David
Espaillat Meng Trone
Evans Mfume Underwood firmative, and title III of the bill was Cicilline Langevin Sewell
Fitzpatrick Moore (WI) Upton retained. Clark (MA) Larsen (WA) Sherman
Fletcher Morelle Vargas The result of the vote was announced Clarke (NY) Larson (CT) Sherrill
Foster Moulton Veasey Cleaver Lawrence Sires
Velázquez
as above recorded. Clyburn Lawson (FL) Slotkin
Frankel, Lois Mrvan
Gallego Murphy (FL) Wasserman Stated against: Cohen Lee (CA) Smith (WA)
Garamendi Nadler Schultz Mrs. CAMMACK. Madam Speaker, I was Connolly Lee (NV) Soto
Garcı́a (IL) Napolitano Waters Cooper Leger Fernandez Spanberger
unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I Correa Levin (CA)
Garcia (TX) Neal Watson Coleman Speier
Gomez Neguse Welch would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 239. Costa Levin (MI) Stansbury
Gonzalez (OH) Newman Wexton Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Madam Speaker, Courtney Lieu Stanton
Gonzalez, Norcross Wild I was in a meeting during this vote. Had I Craig Lofgren Stevens
Vicente O’Halleran Williams (GA) Crist Lowenthal Strickland
been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on Crow Luria
Gottheimer Ocasio-Cortez Wilson (FL) Suozzi
Green, Al (TX) Omar Yarmuth rollcall No. 239. Cuellar Lynch Swalwell
Davids (KS) Malinowski
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Takano
Davis, Danny K. Maloney,
NAYS—194 RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Dean Carolyn B.
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Aderholt Buck DesJarlais Barragán (Beyer) Guest Moulton DeFazio Maloney, Sean
Titus
Allen Bucshon Diaz-Balart Bass (Blunt (Fleischmann) (Neguse) DeGette Manning
Tlaib
Amodei Budd Duncan Rochester) Johnson (SD) Payne (Pallone) DeLauro Matsui
Armstrong Burchett Dunn Boebert (Gaetz) (LaHood) Price (NC) DelBene McBath Tonko
Arrington Burgess Ellzey Brooks Johnson (TX) (Manning) Demings McCollum Torres (CA)
Babin Calvert Emmer (Fleischmann) (Jeffries) Ruiz (Correa) DeSaulnier McEachin Torres (NY)
Bacon Carey Estes Brown (OH) Kirkpatrick Rush (Jeffries) Deutch McGovern Trahan
Baird Carter (GA) Fallon (Beatty) (Pallone) Ryan (Beyer) Dingell McNerney Trone
Balderson Carter (TX) Feenstra Bucshon (Gibbs) Krishnamoorthi Sánchez (Garcia Doggett Meeks Underwood
Banks Cawthorn Ferguson Cárdenas (Garcı́a (IL)) (TX)) Doyle, Michael Meng Vargas
Barr Chabot Fischbach (Correa) Lamb (Blunt Sewell (Beatty) F. Mfume Veasey
Bentz Cheney Fitzgerald Crist Rochester) Sherman (Beyer) Escobar Moore (WI) Velázquez
Bergman Cline Fleischmann (Wasserman Leger Fernandez Sires (Pallone) Eshoo Morelle Wasserman
Bice (OK) Cloud Foxx Schultz) (Neguse) Spartz (Banks) Espaillat Moulton Schultz
Waters
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Biggs Clyde Franklin, C. DeFazio Loudermilk Strickland Evans Mrvan
Bilirakis Cole Scott (Stanton) (Fleischmann) (Takano) Fitzpatrick Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman
Bishop (NC) Comer Fulcher Evans (Beyer) Lowenthal Suozzi (Beyer) Fletcher Nadler Welch
Boebert Crawford Gaetz Frankel, Lois (Beyer) Swalwell Foster Napolitano Wexton
Bost Crenshaw Gallagher (Wasserman McEachin (Correa) Frankel, Lois Neal Wild
Brady Curtis Garbarino Schultz) (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) Gallego Neguse Williams (GA)
Brooks Davidson Garcia (CA) Gomez (Garcia Moore (WI) Thompson (PA) Garamendi Newman Wilson (FL)
Buchanan Davis, Rodney Gibbs (TX)) (Beyer) (Keller) Garcı́a (IL) Norcross Yarmuth
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NAYS—205 Johnson (SD) McEachin Strickland Sánchez Spanberger Turner
(LaHood) (Beyer) (Takano) Sarbanes Speier Underwood
Aderholt Gohmert Miller-Meeks
Johnson (TX) Moore (WI) Suozzi (Beyer) Scanlon Stansbury Upton
Allen Golden Moolenaar
(Jeffries) (Beyer) Swalwell Schakowsky Stanton Valadao
Amodei Gonzales, Tony Mooney
Kirkpatrick Moulton (Correa) Schiff Stevens Vargas
Armstrong Gonzalez (OH) Moore (AL)
(Pallone) (Neguse) Taylor (Fallon) Schneider Strickland Veasey
Arrington Good (VA) Moore (UT)
Krishnamoorthi Payne (Pallone) Thompson (PA) Schrader Suozzi Velázquez
Babin Gooden (TX) Mullin
(Garcı́a (IL)) Price (NC) (Keller) Schrier Swalwell Wasserman
Bacon Gosar Murphy (NC) (Manning) Torres (NY) Scott (VA) Takano
Baird Granger Nehls Lamb (Blunt Schultz
Ruiz (Correa) (Blunt Scott, David Thompson (CA)
Balderson Graves (LA) Newhouse Rochester) Waters
Rush (Jeffries) Rochester) Sewell Thompson (MS)
Banks Graves (MO) Norman Leger Fernandez Watson Coleman
Ryan (Beyer) Vargas (Takano) Sherman Titus
Barr Green (TN) Obernolte (Neguse) Welch
Sánchez (Garcia Walorski (Banks) Sherrill Tlaib
Bentz Greene (GA) Owens Loudermilk Wexton
(TX)) Waters (Garcia Sires Tonko
Bergman Griffith Palazzo (Fleischmann) Wild
Sewell (Beatty) (TX)) Slotkin Torres (CA)
Bice (OK) Grothman Palmer Lowenthal Williams (GA)
Sherman (Beyer) Welch (Pallone) Smith (NJ) Torres (NY)
Biggs Guest Pence (Beyer) Wilson (FL)
Sires (Pallone) Wilson (FL) Smith (WA) Trahan
Bilirakis Guthrie Perry Mace (Donalds) Yarmuth
Spartz (Banks) (Neguse) Soto Trone
Bishop (NC) Harris Pfluger
Boebert Harshbarger Posey The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NAYS—194
Bost Hartzler Reschenthaler
Brady Hern
Chair will now put the question on re- Aderholt Garbarino Miller (IL)
Rice (SC) Allen Garcia (CA) Miller (WV)
Brooks Herrell Rodgers (WA)
taining title V of the bill.
Amodei Gibbs Miller-Meeks
Buchanan Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL) The question is, Shall title V be re- Armstrong Gimenez Moolenaar
Buck Hice (GA)
Bucshon Higgins (LA)
Rogers (KY) tained? Arrington Gohmert Mooney
Rose Babin Gonzales, Tony Moore (AL)
Budd Hill Rosendale
Pursuant to section 3(b) of House
Bacon Good (VA) Moore (UT)
Burchett Hinson Rouzer Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are Baird Gooden (TX) Mullin
Burgess Hudson Roy ordered. Balderson Gosar Murphy (NC)
Calvert Huizenga
Rutherford This is a 5-minute vote. Banks Granger Nehls
Cammack Issa
Salazar Barr Graves (LA) Newhouse
Carey Jackson
Scalise The vote was taken by electronic de- Bentz Graves (MO) Norman
Carl Johnson (LA) vice, and there were—yeas 233, nays
Schweikert Bergman Green (TN) Obernolte
Carter (GA) Johnson (OH)
Scott, Austin 194, not voting 1, as follows: Bice (OK) Greene (GA) Owens
Carter (TX) Johnson (SD)
Sessions Biggs Griffith Palazzo
Cawthorn Jordan [Roll No. 241]
Simpson Bilirakis Grothman Palmer
Chabot Joyce (OH)
Smith (MO) YEAS—233 Bishop (NC) Guest Pence
Cheney Joyce (PA)
Smith (NE) Boebert Guthrie Perry
Cline Katko Adams Dingell Lee (NV)
Smith (NJ) Bost Harris Pfluger
Cloud Keller Aguilar Doggett Leger Fernandez
Smucker Brady Harshbarger Posey
Clyde Kelly (MS) Allred Doyle, Michael Levin (CA)
Spartz Brooks Hartzler Reschenthaler
Cole Kelly (PA) Auchincloss F. Levin (MI)
Stauber Buchanan Hern Rice (SC)
Comer Kim (CA) Axne Escobar Lieu
Steel Buck Herrell Rodgers (WA)
Crawford Kind Barragán Eshoo Lofgren
Stefanik Bucshon Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL)
Crenshaw Kustoff Bass Espaillat Lowenthal
Steil Budd Hice (GA) Rogers (KY)
Curtis LaHood Beatty Evans Luria
Steube Burchett Higgins (LA) Rose
Davidson LaMalfa Bera Fitzpatrick Lynch
Stewart Burgess Hill Rosendale
Davis, Rodney Lamborn Beyer Fletcher Malinowski
Taylor Cammack Hinson Rouzer
DesJarlais Latta Bishop (GA) Foster Malliotakis
Tenney Carey Hudson Roy
Diaz-Balart LaTurner Blumenauer Frankel, Lois Maloney,
Thompson (PA) Carl Huizenga Rutherford
Donalds Lesko Blunt Rochester Gallego Carolyn B.
Tiffany Carter (GA) Issa Scalise
Duncan Letlow Bonamici Garamendi Maloney, Sean
Timmons Carter (TX) Jackson Schweikert
Dunn Long Bourdeaux Garcı́a (IL) Manning
Turner Cawthorn Johnson (LA) Scott, Austin
Ellzey Loudermilk Bowman Garcia (TX) Matsui
Upton Chabot Johnson (OH) Sessions
Emmer Lucas Boyle, Brendan Golden McBath
Valadao Cheney Johnson (SD) Simpson
Estes Luetkemeyer F. Gomez McCollum
Van Drew Cline Jordan Smith (MO)
Fallon Mace Brown (MD) Gonzalez (OH) McEachin
Van Duyne Cloud Joyce (PA) Smith (NE)
Feenstra Malliotakis Brown (OH) Gonzalez, McGovern
Wagner Clyde Keller Smucker
Fischbach Mann Brownley Vicente McNerney
Walberg Cole Kelly (MS) Spartz
Fitzgerald Massie Bush Gottheimer Meeks
Walorski Comer Kelly (PA) Stauber
Fleischmann Mast Bustos Green, Al (TX) Meng
Waltz Crawford Kim (CA) Steel
Foxx McCarthy Butterfield Grijalva Mfume
Weber (TX) Crenshaw Kustoff Stefanik
Franklin, C. McCaul Calvert Harder (CA) Moore (WI)
Webster (FL) Curtis LaHood Steil
Scott McClain Carbajal Hayes Morelle
Wenstrup Davidson LaMalfa Steube
Fulcher McClintock Cárdenas Higgins (NY) Moulton Davis, Rodney Lamborn Stewart
Gaetz McHenry Westerman Carson Himes Mrvan DesJarlais Latta Taylor
Gallagher McKinley Williams (TX) Carter (LA) Horsford Murphy (FL) Diaz-Balart LaTurner Tenney
Garbarino Meijer Wilson (SC) Cartwright Houlahan Nadler Donalds Lesko Thompson (PA)
Garcia (CA) Meuser Wittman Case Hoyer Napolitano Duncan Letlow Tiffany
Gibbs Miller (IL) Womack Casten Huffman Neal Dunn Long Timmons
Gimenez Miller (WV) Zeldin Castor (FL) Jackson Lee Neguse Ellzey Loudermilk Van Drew
Castro (TX) Jacobs (CA) Newman Emmer Lucas Van Duyne
NOT VOTING—3 Cherfilus- Jacobs (NY) Norcross Estes Luetkemeyer Wagner
Ferguson Hollingsworth Schrader McCormick Jayapal O’Halleran Fallon Mace Walberg
Chu Jeffries Ocasio-Cortez Feenstra Mann Walorski
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Cicilline Johnson (GA) Omar Ferguson Massie Waltz
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Clark (MA) Johnson (TX) Pallone Fischbach Mast Weber (TX)
the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Clarke (NY) Jones Panetta Fitzgerald McCarthy Webster (FL)
Cleaver Joyce (OH) Pappas Fleischmann McCaul Wenstrup
ing. Clyburn Kahele Pascrell Foxx McClain Westerman
Cohen Kaptur Payne Franklin, C. McClintock Williams (TX)
b 1834 Connolly Katko Pelosi Scott McHenry Wilson (SC)
Cooper Keating Perlmutter Fulcher McKinley Wittman
So the question was decided in the af- Correa Kelly (IL) Peters Gaetz Meijer Womack
firmative, and title IV of the bill was Costa Khanna Phillips Gallagher Meuser Zeldin
retained. Courtney Kildee Pingree
Craig Kilmer Pocan NOT VOTING—1
The result of the vote was announced Crist Kim (NJ) Porter Hollingsworth
as above recorded. Crow Kind Pressley
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Cuellar Kinzinger Price (NC) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Davids (KS) Kirkpatrick Quigley The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Davis, Danny K. Krishnamoorthi Raskin
the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
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Barragán (Beyer) Bucshon (Gibbs) Evans (Beyer) Dean Kuster Rice (NY)
Bass (Blunt Cárdenas Frankel, Lois DeFazio Lamb Ross ing.
Rochester) (Correa) (Wasserman DeGette Langevin Roybal-Allard
Boebert (Gaetz) Crist Schultz) DeLauro Larsen (WA) Ruiz b 1843
Brooks (Wasserman Gomez (Garcia DelBene Larson (CT) Ruppersberger So the question was decided in the af-
(Fleischmann) Schultz) (TX)) Demings Lawrence Rush
Brown (OH) DeFazio Guest DeSaulnier Lawson (FL) Ryan firmative, and title V of the bill was re-
(Beatty) (Stanton) (Fleischmann) Deutch Lee (CA) Salazar tained.
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The result of the vote was announced Neal Ruppersberger Takano NOT VOTING—1
Neguse Rush Thompson (CA)
as above recorded. Newman Ryan Thompson (MS)
Hollingsworth
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE Norcross Sánchez Titus ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS O’Halleran Sarbanes Tlaib
Ocasio-Cortez Scanlon The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer) Tonko
Omar Schakowsky Torres (CA) the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia
Pallone Schiff Torres (NY) ing.
Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX)) Panetta Schneider Trahan
Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty) Pappas Schrier
Trone
Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer) Pascrell Scott (VA) b 1851
(Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sires (Pallone) Underwood
Payne Scott, David
Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks) Pelosi Sewell Upton So the question was decided in the af-
(Beatty) Rochester) Strickland Vargas firmative.
Perlmutter Sherman
Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez (Takano) Veasey
Peters Sherrill The result of the vote was announced
Cárdenas (Neguse) Velázquez
Suozzi (Beyer) Phillips Sires
(Correa) Loudermilk
Swalwell Pingree Slotkin Wasserman as above recorded.
Crist (Fleischmann) Schultz MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
(Correa) Pocan Smith (WA)
(Wasserman Lowenthal Waters
Taylor (Fallon) Porter Soto RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Schultz) (Beyer)
Thompson (PA) Pressley Spanberger Watson Coleman
DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer)
(Keller) Price (NC) Speier Welch
(Stanton) McEachin Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia
Torres (NY) Quigley Stansbury Wexton
Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX))
(Blunt Raskin Stanton Wild
Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty)
Rochester) Rice (NY) Stevens Williams (GA)
(Wasserman (Beyer) Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer)
Vargas (Takano) Ross Strickland Wilson (FL)
Schultz) Moulton (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sires (Pallone)
Walorski (Banks) Roybal-Allard Suozzi Yarmuth
Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks)
Waters (Garcia Ruiz Swalwell
(TX)) Payne (Pallone) (Beatty) Rochester) Strickland
Guest Price (NC) (TX)) Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez
NAYS—207 (Takano)
(Fleischmann) (Manning) Welch (Pallone) Cárdenas (Neguse)
Suozzi (Beyer)
Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL) Aderholt Gimenez Miller-Meeks (Correa) Loudermilk
Swalwell
(LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) (Neguse) Allen Gohmert Moolenaar Crist (Fleischmann)
(Correa)
Amodei Golden Mooney (Wasserman Lowenthal
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Armstrong Gonzales, Tony Moore (AL) Schultz) (Beyer)
Taylor (Fallon)
Chair will now put the question on re- DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA)
Arrington Gonzalez (OH) Moore (UT)
(Stanton) McEachin (Keller)
taining title VI of the bill. Babin Good (VA) Mullin Torres (NY)
Bacon Gooden (TX) Evans (Beyer) (Beyer)
The question is, Shall title VI be re- Murphy (NC)
Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt
Baird Gosar Nehls
tained? Balderson Granger (Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester)
Newhouse Vargas (Takano)
Pursuant to section 3(b) of House Banks Graves (LA) Norman
Schultz) Moulton
Barr Graves (MO) Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are Obernolte Waters (Garcia
Bentz Green (TN) (TX)) Payne (Pallone)
ordered. Bergman Greene (GA)
Owens
Guest Price (NC) (TX))
This will be a 5-minute vote. Palazzo (Fleischmann) (Manning) Welch (Pallone)
Bice (OK) Griffith
Palmer Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Biggs Grothman
Pence
Bilirakis Guest (LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) (Neguse)
vice, and there were—yeas 220, nays Perry
Bishop (NC) Guthrie
207, not voting 1, as follows: Boebert Harris
Pfluger The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Bost Harshbarger Posey Chair will now put the question on re-
[Roll No. 242] Reschenthaler
YEAS—220
Brady Hartzler
Rice (SC)
taining title VII of the bill.
Brooks Hern The question is, Shall title VII be re-
Adams Crow Kahele Buchanan Herrell Rodgers (WA)
Aguilar Davids (KS) Kaptur Buck Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL) tained?
Allred Davis, Danny K. Keating Bucshon Hice (GA) Rogers (KY) Pursuant to section 3(b) of House
Auchincloss Dean Kelly (IL) Budd Higgins (LA) Rose
Rosendale
Resolution 1153, the yeas and nays are
Axne DeFazio Khanna Burchett Hill
Barragán DeGette Kildee Burgess Hinson Rouzer ordered.
Bass DeLauro Kilmer Calvert Hudson Roy This will be a 5-minute vote.
Beatty DelBene Kim (NJ) Cammack Huizenga Rutherford The vote was taken by electronic de-
Bera Demings Kinzinger Carey Issa Salazar
Scalise
vice, and there were—yeas 380, nays 47,
Beyer DeSaulnier Kirkpatrick Carl Jackson
Bishop (GA) Deutch Krishnamoorthi Carter (GA) Johnson (LA) Schrader not voting 1, as follows:
Blumenauer Dingell Kuster Carter (TX) Johnson (OH) Schweikert [Roll No. 243]
Blunt Rochester Doggett Lamb Cawthorn Johnson (SD) Scott, Austin
Bonamici Doyle, Michael Langevin Chabot Jordan Sessions
YEAS—380
Bourdeaux F. Larsen (WA) Cheney Joyce (OH) Simpson Adams Brown (OH) Cloud
Bowman Escobar Larson (CT) Cline Joyce (PA) Smith (MO) Aguilar Brownley Clyburn
Boyle, Brendan Eshoo Lawrence Cloud Katko Smith (NE) Allen Buchanan Clyde
F. Espaillat Lawson (FL) Clyde Keller Smith (NJ) Allred Buck Cohen
Brown (MD) Evans Lee (CA) Cole Kelly (MS) Smucker Amodei Bucshon Cole
Brown (OH) Fitzpatrick Lee (NV) Comer Kelly (PA) Spartz Armstrong Budd Connolly
Brownley Fletcher Leger Fernandez Crawford Kim (CA) Stauber Auchincloss Burchett Cooper
Bush Foster Levin (CA) Crenshaw Kind Steel Axne Bush Correa
Bustos Frankel, Lois Levin (MI) Cuellar Kustoff Stefanik Bacon Bustos Costa
Butterfield Gallego Lieu Curtis LaHood Steil Baird Butterfield Courtney
Carbajal Garamendi Lofgren Davidson LaMalfa Steube Balderson Calvert Craig
Cárdenas Garcı́a (IL) Lowenthal Davis, Rodney Lamborn Stewart Barr Cammack Crawford
Carson Garcia (TX) Luria DesJarlais Latta Taylor Barragán Carbajal Crenshaw
Carter (LA) Gomez Lynch Diaz-Balart LaTurner Bass Cárdenas Crist
Tenney
Cartwright Gonzalez, Malinowski Donalds Lesko Beatty Carey Crow
Thompson (PA)
Case Vicente Maloney, Duncan Letlow Bentz Carl Cuellar
Tiffany
Casten Gottheimer Carolyn B. Dunn Long Bera Carson Curtis
Timmons
Castor (FL) Green, Al (TX) Maloney, Sean Ellzey Loudermilk Bergman Carter (GA) Davids (KS)
Turner
Castro (TX) Grijalva Manning Emmer Lucas Beyer Carter (LA) Davidson
Cherfilus- Harder (CA) Matsui Estes Luetkemeyer Valadao Bice (OK) Carter (TX) Davis, Danny K.
McCormick Hayes McBath Fallon Mace Van Drew Biggs Cartwright Davis, Rodney
Chu Higgins (NY) McCollum Feenstra Malliotakis Van Duyne Bilirakis Case Dean
Cicilline Himes McEachin Ferguson Mann Wagner Bishop (GA) Casten DeFazio
Clark (MA) Horsford McGovern Fischbach Massie Walberg Bishop (NC) Castor (FL) DeGette
Clarke (NY) Houlahan McNerney Fitzgerald Mast Walorski Blumenauer Castro (TX) DeLauro
Cleaver Hoyer Meeks Fleischmann McCarthy Waltz Blunt Rochester Cawthorn DelBene
Clyburn Huffman Meng Foxx McCaul Weber (TX) Boebert Chabot Demings
Webster (FL)
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Cohen Jackson Lee Mfume Franklin, C. McClain Bonamici Cheney DeSaulnier
Connolly Jacobs (CA) Moore (WI) Scott McClintock Wenstrup Bost Cherfilus- Deutch
Cooper Jacobs (NY) Morelle Fulcher McHenry Westerman Bourdeaux McCormick Diaz-Balart
Correa Jayapal Moulton Gaetz McKinley Williams (TX) Bowman Chu Dingell
Costa Jeffries Mrvan Gallagher Meijer Wilson (SC) Boyle, Brendan Cicilline Doggett
Courtney Johnson (GA) Murphy (FL) Garbarino Meuser Wittman F. Clark (MA) Donalds
Craig Johnson (TX) Nadler Garcia (CA) Miller (IL) Womack Brooks Clarke (NY) Doyle, Michael
Crist Jones Napolitano Gibbs Miller (WV) Zeldin Brown (MD) Cleaver F.
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Dunn LaHood Rice (NY) Duncan Kelly (MS) Pfluger SEC. 2. INCREASED AUTHORIZATION OF FUND-
Escobar LaMalfa Rice (SC) Ellzey Kelly (PA) Rose ING FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.
Eshoo Lamb Rodgers (WA) Emmer Kustoff Roy (a) BYRNE-JAG.—For fiscal year 2023, there
Espaillat Lamborn Rogers (AL) Estes Lucas Smith (MO) is authorized to be appropriated to the At-
Evans Langevin Rogers (KY) Feenstra Mann Smith (NE) torney General to carry out the grant pro-
Fallon Larsen (WA) Rosendale Fitzgerald McCaul Stefanik
Ferguson Larson (CT) Ross Gohmert McClintock gram under subpart 1 of part E of title I of
Thompson (PA) the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Fischbach Latta Rouzer Good (VA) McHenry Wagner
Fitzpatrick LaTurner Roybal-Allard Gooden (TX) Moolenaar Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), in addi-
Walorski
Fleischmann Lawrence Ruiz Hartzler Mullin
Weber (TX)
tion to any amounts made available for such
Fletcher Lawson (FL) Ruppersberger Jackson Nehls purpose, $500,000,000, to remain available
Joyce (PA) Westerman
Foster Lee (CA) Rush Palmer until expended: Provided, That such amounts
Foxx Keller Pence Williams (TX)
Lee (NV) Rutherford shall be used for additional personnel.
Frankel, Lois Leger Fernandez Ryan
NOT VOTING—1 (b) COPS.—For fiscal year 2023, there is au-
Franklin, C. Lesko Salazar
Scott Letlow Sánchez Hollingsworth
thorized to be appropriated to the Attorney
Fulcher Levin (CA) Sarbanes General to carry out the grant program
Gaetz Levin (MI) Scalise ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Gallagher Lieu Scanlon The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
Gallego Lofgren Schakowsky the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- U.S.C. 10381 et seq.), in addition to any
Garamendi Long Schiff amounts made available for such purpose,
Garbarino Loudermilk Schneider ing.
$500,000,000, to remain available until ex-
Garcia (CA)
Garcı́a (IL)
Lowenthal
Luetkemeyer
Schrader
Schrier
b 1901 pended: Provided, That such amounts shall be
Garcia (TX) Luria Schweikert Ms. STEFANIK, Messrs. KELLY of used as provided under paragraphs (1) and (2)
Gibbs Lynch Scott (VA) of section 1701(b) of such Act (34 U.S.C.
Mississippi, ELLZEY, and DUNCAN
Gimenez Mace Scott, Austin 10381(b)).
Golden Malinowski Scott, David changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to (c) STOP SCHOOL VIOLENCE.—Subsection
Gomez Malliotakis Sessions ‘‘nay.’’ (a) of section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus
Gonzales, Tony Maloney, Sewell Messrs. LAHOOD and VAN DREW Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Gonzalez (OH) Carolyn B. Sherman
Gonzalez, Maloney, Sean Sherrill
changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to (34 U.S.C. 10555) is amended to read as fol-
Vicente Manning Simpson ‘‘yea.’’ lows:
Gosar Massie Sires So the question was decided in the af- ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to
Gottheimer Mast Slotkin firmative, and title VII of the bill was be appropriated $833,000,000 for each of fiscal
Granger Matsui Smith (NJ) years 2023 through 2028, of which—
Graves (LA) McBath Smith (WA) retained. ‘‘(1) $555,333,334 shall be made available to
Graves (MO) McCarthy Smucker The result of the vote was announced the BJA Director to carry out this part; and
Green (TN) McClain Soto as above recorded. ‘‘(2) $277,666,666 shall be made available to
Green, Al (TX) McCollum Spanberger
Greene (GA) McEachin Spartz
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE the COPS Director to carry out this part.’’.
Griffith McGovern Speier RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS (d) GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH GUIDANCE
Grijalva McKinley Stansbury Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer) COUNSELORS.—Section 4112 of the Elemen-
Grothman McNerney Stanton Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
Guest Meeks Stauber Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX)) U.S.C. 7122) is amended—
Guthrie Meijer Steel Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty) (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, other
Harder (CA) Meng Steil Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer) than subsection (c),’’ after ‘‘this subpart’’;
Harris Meuser Steube (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sires (Pallone) and
Harshbarger Mfume Stevens Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks)
Hayes Miller (IL) Stewart (2) by adding at the end the following:
(Beatty) Rochester) Strickland
Hern Miller (WV) Strickland Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez
‘‘(c) MENTAL HEALTH GUIDANCE COUN-
(Takano) SELORS.—There authorized to be appro-
Herrell Miller-Meeks Suozzi Cárdenas (Neguse)
Suozzi (Beyer) priated for the hiring of mental health guid-
Herrera Beutler Mooney Swalwell (Correa) Loudermilk
Swalwell
Hice (GA) Moore (AL) Takano Crist (Fleischmann) ance counselors by State and local edu-
Higgins (LA) Moore (UT) Taylor (Correa)
(Wasserman Lowenthal
Taylor (Fallon)
cational agencies $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year
Higgins (NY) Moore (WI) Tenney Schultz) (Beyer) 2023.’’.
Hill Morelle Thompson (CA) DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA)
(Keller) (e) OFFSET.—Of the unobligated balances
Himes Moulton Thompson (MS) (Stanton) McEachin
Hinson Mrvan Tiffany Torres (NY) from amounts made available under sections
Evans (Beyer) (Beyer)
Horsford Murphy (FL) Timmons Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt 602(a)(1) and 603(a) of the Social Security Act
Houlahan Murphy (NC) Titus (Wasserman (Beyer) Rochester) (42 U.S.C. 802(a)(1), 803(a)) on the date of en-
Hoyer Nadler Tlaib Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano) actment of this Act, $7,055,000,000 is re-
Hudson Napolitano Tonko Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks) scinded as of such date: Provided, That such
Huffman Neal Torres (CA) (TX)) Payne (Pallone) Waters (Garcia rescission shall be applied first on a pro rata
Huizenga Neguse Torres (NY) Guest Price (NC) (TX)) basis to the unobligated balances of the pay-
Issa Newhouse Trahan (Fleischmann) (Manning) Welch (Pallone)
Jackson Lee Newman Trone
ment amounts allocated by the Secretary of
Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL)
Jacobs (CA) Norcross Turner (LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) (Neguse)
the Treasury pursuant to subsection (b)(3)(B)
Jacobs (NY) Norman Underwood of section 602 of the Social Security Act (42
Jayapal O’Halleran Upton The SPEAKER pro tempore. The U.S.C. 802): Provided further, That any re-
Jeffries Obernolte Valadao question is on the engrossment and maining amounts to be rescinded shall be ap-
Johnson (GA) Ocasio-Cortez Van Drew plied next on a pro rata basis to the unobli-
Johnson (LA) Omar Van Duyne third reading of the bill.
gated balances of the payment amounts allo-
Johnson (OH) Owens Vargas The bill was ordered to be engrossed
cated by the Secretary of the Treasury pur-
Johnson (SD) Palazzo Veasey and read a third time, and was read the suant to subsection (b)(1)(B) and (b)(2)(B) of
Johnson (TX) Pallone Velázquez
Jones Panetta Walberg
third time. section 602 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 802): Pro-
Jordan Pappas Waltz MOTION TO RECOMMIT vided further, That any remaining amounts
Joyce (OH) Pascrell Wasserman Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, I to be rescinded shall be applied on a pro rata
Kahele Payne Schultz basis to the unobligated balances of the pay-
Kaptur Pelosi Waters
have a motion to recommit at the
desk. ment amounts allocated by the Secretary of
Katko Perlmutter Watson Coleman
the Treasury for each of the entities author-
Keating Perry Webster (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Kelly (IL) Peters Welch ized to receive payments under section 603 of
Clerk will report the motion to recom- such Act (42 U.S.C. 803).
Khanna Phillips Wenstrup
Kildee Pingree Wexton mit. SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF STOP
Kilmer Pocan Wild The Clerk read as follows: SCHOOL VIOLENCE GRANTS.
Kim (CA) Porter Williams (GA) Mr. Hudson moves to recommit the bill Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus
Kim (NJ) Posey Wilson (FL) Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
H.R. 7910 to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Kind Pressley Wilson (SC)
(34 U.S.C. 10151) is amended—
Kinzinger Price (NC) Wittman The material previously referred to
Kirkpatrick Quigley Womack (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘para-
by Mr. HUDSON is as follows:
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Krishnamoorthi Raskin Yarmuth graphs (5) through (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
Kuster Reschenthaler Zeldin Strike the text of the bill and insert the graphs (5) through (10)’’; and
following: (2) in subsection (b)—
NAYS—47 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. (A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
Aderholt Banks Cline This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure graph (10); and
Arrington Brady Comer Every School and Protect Our Nation’s Chil- (B) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
Babin Burgess DesJarlais dren Act’’ or as the ‘‘STOP II Act’’. lowing:
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‘‘(9) Assessment of a school to find weak- mining best practices and recommendations ‘‘(4) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The
nesses in security and identify any lack of to improve the safety posture of a school, in- term ‘local educational agency’ has the
coverage in mental health support staff for cluding relating to the health, safety, and meaning given such term in section 8101 of
students.’’. welfare of persons in school settings; and the Elementary and Secondary Education
SEC. 4. FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON SCHOOL ‘‘(C) include information on Federal grant Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
SAFETY BEST PRACTICES. programs for which implementation of such ‘‘(5) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’ has the
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XXII of best practices or recommendations is an eli- meaning given such term in section 8101 of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. gible use for any such program. the Elementary and Secondary Education
651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘(3) OTHER BEST PRACTICES AND REC- Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
the following new section: OMMENDATIONS.—To the greatest extent prac- ‘‘(6) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec-
‘‘SEC. 2220D. FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON ticable, in identifying and publishing best ondary school’ has the meaning given such
SCHOOL SAFETY BEST PRACTICES. practices and recommendations pursuant to term in section 8101 of the Elementary and
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— subsection (a)(2), the Clearinghouse shall so Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordi- identify and publish, as appropriate, best 7801).
nation with the Secretary of Education, the practices and recommendations to improve ‘‘(7) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The
Attorney General, and the Secretary of the safety posture of a school, including re- term ‘State educational agency’ has the
Health and Human Services, shall establish lating to the health, safety, and welfare of meaning given such term in section 8101 of
in the Department a Federal Clearinghouse persons in school settings, adopted by a Fed- the Elementary and Secondary Education
on School Safety Best Practices (in this sec- eral, State, local, Tribal, or private sector Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’.
tion referred to as the ‘Clearinghouse’). entity or nongovernmental organization. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The Clearinghouse shall be
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The Sec- contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se-
the primary resource of the Federal Govern-
retary, acting through the Clearinghouse, curity Act of 2002 is amended by inserting
ment to identify and publish online through
may publish materials to assist and train after the item relating to section 2220C the
SchoolSafety.gov, or any successor website,
State educational agencies and local edu- following new item:
best practices and recommendations relating
cational agencies and State and local law en-
to school safety for use by State educational ‘‘Sec. 2220D. Federal Clearinghouse on
forcement agencies regarding the implemen-
agencies and local educational agencies, in- School Safety Best Practices.’’.
tation of best practices and recommenda-
stitutions of higher education, State and SEC. 5. NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL CLEARING-
tions identified and published pursuant to
local law enforcement agencies, health pro- HOUSE ON SCHOOL SAFETY BEST
fessionals, and the general public. subsection (a)(2).
PRACTICES.
‘‘(3) PERSONNEL.— ‘‘(d) CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall— (a) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF
‘‘(A) ASSIGNMENTS.—The Clearinghouse EDUCATION.—The Secretary of Education
shall be assigned such personnel and re- ‘‘(1) collect for the purpose of continuous
improvement of the Clearinghouse— shall provide written notification of the pub-
sources as the Secretary considers appro- lication of the Federal Clearinghouse on
priate to carry out this section. ‘‘(A) data analytics;
‘‘(B) user feedback on the implementation School Safety Best Practices (referred to in
‘‘(B) DETAILEES.—The Secretary of Edu- this section as the ‘‘Clearinghouse’’) under
cation, the Attorney General, and the Sec- of best practices and recommendations iden-
tified and published pursuant to subsection section 2220D of the Homeland Security Act
retary of Health and Human Services may
(a)(2); and of 2002, as added by section 4, to—
detail personnel to the Clearinghouse.
‘‘(C) any evaluations conducted on imple- (1) every State educational and local edu-
‘‘(4) EXEMPTIONS.—
mentation of such best practices and rec- cational agency; and
‘‘(A) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter
ommendations; and (2) other Department of Education part-
35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly
‘‘(2) in coordination with the Secretary of ners in the implementation of the best prac-
known as the ‘Paperwork Reduction Act’)
Education, the Attorney General, and the tices and recommendations of the Clearing-
shall not apply to any rulemaking or infor-
Secretary of Health and Human Services— house, as determined appropriate by the Sec-
mation collection required under this sec-
‘‘(A) regularly assess best practices and retary of Education.
tion.
‘‘(B) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— recommendations identified and published (b) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF
The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 pursuant to subsection (a)(2) with respect to HOMELAND SECURITY.—The Secretary of
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply for the purposes which there are no resources available Homeland Security shall provide written no-
of carrying out this section. through Federal Government programs for tification of the publication of the Clearing-
‘‘(b) CLEARINGHOUSE CONTENTS.— implementation; and house under section 2220D of the Homeland
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION.—In identifying and ‘‘(B) establish an external advisory board Security Act of 2002, as added by section 4,
publishing best practices and recommenda- comprised of appropriate State, local, Tribal, to—
tions pursuant to subsection (a)(2), the and private sector entities and nongovern- (1) every State homeland security advisor;
Clearinghouse may consult with appropriate mental organizations, including organiza- (2) every State department of homeland se-
Federal, State, local, Tribal, and private sec- tions representing parents of students at- curity; and
tor entities, and nongovernmental organiza- tending elementary schools or secondary (3) other Department of Homeland Secu-
tions. schools, to— rity partners in the implementation of the
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—Best practices and rec- ‘‘(i) provide feedback on the implementa- best practices and recommendations of the
ommendations of the Clearinghouse identi- tion of best practices and recommendations Clearinghouse, as determined appropriate by
fied and published pursuant to subsection identified and published pursuant to sub- the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(a)(2) shall, at a minimum— section (a)(2); and (c) NOTIFICATION BY THE SECRETARY OF
‘‘(A) incorporate comprehensive school ‘‘(ii) propose additional recommendations HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.—The Sec-
safety measures, including threat preven- for best practices for inclusion in the Clear- retary of Health and Human Services shall
tion, preparedness, protection, mitigation, inghouse. provide written notification of the publica-
incident response, and recovery to improve ‘‘(e) PARENTAL ASSISTANCE.—The Clearing- tion of the Clearinghouse under section
the safety posture of a school, including re- house shall produce materials to assist par- 2220D of the Homeland Security Act of 2002,
lating to the health, safety, and welfare of ents of students with identifying relevant as added by section 4, to—
persons in school settings; Clearinghouse resources related to sup- (1) every State department of public
‘‘(B) include any evidence or research ra- porting the implementation of Clearinghouse health; and
tionale supporting the determination of the best practices and recommendations identi- (2) other Department of Health and Human
Clearinghouse that the best practice or rec- fied and published pursuant to subsection Services partners in the implementation of
ommendation at issue has been shown to (a)(2). the best practices and recommendations of
have a significant effect on improving the ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: the Clearinghouse, as determined appro-
safety posture of a school, including relating ‘‘(1) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘ele- priate by the Secretary of Health and Human
to the health, safety, and welfare of persons mentary school’ has the meaning given such Services.
in school settings, including— term in section 8101 of the Elementary and (d) NOTIFICATION BY THE ATTORNEY GEN-
‘‘(i) relevant research that is evidence- Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. ERAL.—The Attorney General shall provide
based supporting such best practice or rec- 7801). written notification of the publication of the
ommendation; ‘‘(2) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence- Clearinghouse under section 2220D of the
‘‘(ii) findings and data from previous Fed- based’ has the meaning given such term in Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by
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eral or State commissions recommending section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec- section 4, to—
improvements to the safety posture of a ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (1) every State department of justice; and
school, including relating to the health, safe- ‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— (2) other Department of Justice partners in
ty, and welfare of persons in school settings; The term ‘institution of higher education’ the implementation of the best practices and
or has the meaning given such term in section recommendations of the Clearinghouse, as
‘‘(iii) other supportive evidence or findings 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 determined appropriate by the Attorney
relied upon by the Clearinghouse in deter- U.S.C. 1001). General.
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SEC. 6. GRANT PROGRAM REVIEW. [Roll No. 244] Gohmert Lynch Rush
Golden Malinowski Ryan
(a) FEDERAL GRANTS AND RESOURCES.—The YEAS—198 Gomez Maloney, Sánchez
Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Gonzalez, Carolyn B. Sarbanes
Aderholt Gonzalez (OH) Moolenaar
Homeland Security, the Secretary of Health Allen Vicente Maloney, Sean Scanlon
Good (VA) Mooney
and Human Services, and the Attorney Gen- Amodei Gooden (TX) Moore (AL) Gosar Manning Schakowsky
eral shall each— Armstrong Granger Moore (UT) Gottheimer Massie Schiff
(1) review grant programs administered by Arrington Graves (LA) Mullin Green, Al (TX) Matsui Schneider
their respective agency and identify any Babin Graves (MO) Grijalva McBath Schrader
Murphy (NC)
Bacon Green (TN) Harder (CA) McCollum Schrier
grant program that may be used to imple- Nehls
Baird Greene (GA) Hayes McEachin Scott (VA)
ment best practices and recommendations of Newhouse
Balderson Griffith Higgins (NY) McGovern Scott, David
the Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Norman
Banks Grothman Himes McNerney Sewell
Obernolte
Best Practices (referred to in this section as Barr Guest Horsford Meeks Sherman
Owens
the ‘‘Clearinghouse’’) under section 2220D of Bentz Guthrie Palazzo
Houlahan Meng Sherrill
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added Bergman Harris Hoyer Mfume Sires
Palmer
by section 4; Bice (OK) Harshbarger Huffman Moore (WI) Slotkin
Pence
Bilirakis Hartzler Jackson Lee Morelle Smith (WA)
(2) identify any best practices and rec- Perry
Bishop (NC) Hern Jacobs (CA) Moulton Soto
ommendations of the Clearinghouse for Pfluger Jayapal Mrvan Spanberger
Bost Herrell Posey
which there is not a Federal grant program Jeffries Murphy (FL) Speier
Brady Herrera Beutler Reschenthaler
that may be used for the purposes of imple- Brooks Hice (GA) Johnson (GA) Nadler Stansbury
Rice (SC)
menting the best practice or recommenda- Buchanan Higgins (LA) Johnson (TX) Napolitano Stanton
Rodgers (WA) Jones Neal Stevens
tion as applicable to the agency; and Bucshon Hill Rogers (AL)
(3) periodically report any findings under Budd Hinson Kahele Neguse Strickland
Rogers (KY) Kaptur Newman Suozzi
paragraph (2) to the appropriate committees Burchett Hudson Rose
Burgess Huizenga Keating Norcross Swalwell
of Congress. Rosendale Kelly (IL) O’Halleran Takano
Calvert Issa Rouzer
(b) STATE GRANTS AND RESOURCES.—The Cammack Jackson Khanna Ocasio-Cortez Thompson (CA)
Clearinghouse shall, to the extent prac- Rutherford Kildee Omar Thompson (MS)
Carey Jacobs (NY)
Salazar Kilmer Pallone Titus
ticable, identify, for each State— Carl Johnson (LA)
Scalise
(1) each agency responsible for school safe- Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Kim (NJ) Panetta Tlaib
Schweikert Kind Pappas Tonko
ty in the State, or any State that does not Carter (TX) Johnson (SD)
Scott, Austin Kirkpatrick Pascrell Torres (CA)
have such an agency designated; Chabot Jordan
Sessions Krishnamoorthi Payne Torres (NY)
Cheney Joyce (OH)
(2) any grant program that may be used for Cline Joyce (PA)
Simpson Kuster Perlmutter Trahan
the purposes of implementing best practices Smith (MO) Lamb Peters Trone
Cloud Katko
and recommendations of the Clearinghouse; Smith (NE) Langevin Phillips Underwood
Clyde Keller
Smith (NJ) Larsen (WA) Pingree Vargas
and Cole Kelly (MS)
Comer Kelly (PA) Smucker Larson (CT) Pocan Veasey
(3) any resources other than grant pro- Spartz
Crawford Kim (CA) Lawrence Porter Velázquez
grams that may be used to assist in imple- Stauber Lawson (FL) Pressley Wasserman
mentation of best practices and rec- Crenshaw Kinzinger
Curtis Kustoff Steel Lee (CA) Price (NC) Schultz
ommendations of the Clearinghouse. Davidson LaHood Stefanik Lee (NV) Quigley Waters
SEC. 7. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. Davis, Rodney LaMalfa Steil Leger Fernandez Raskin Watson Coleman
DesJarlais Lamborn Steube Levin (CA) Rice (NY) Welch
(a) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing in Diaz-Balart Latta Stewart Levin (MI) Ross Wexton
this Act or the amendments made by this Donalds LaTurner Taylor Lieu Roy Wild
Act shall be construed to create, satisfy, or Duncan Lesko Tenney Lofgren Roybal-Allard Williams (GA)
waive any requirement under— Dunn Letlow Thompson (PA) Lowenthal Ruiz Wilson (FL)
(1) title II of the Americans With Disabil- Ellzey Long Tiffany Luria Ruppersberger Yarmuth
Emmer Loudermilk Timmons
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.); Turner NOT VOTING—1
(2) the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Estes Lucas
Fallon Luetkemeyer Upton Hollingsworth
701 et seq.); Feenstra Mace Valadao
(3) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Van Drew ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
Ferguson Malliotakis
(42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); Fischbach Mann Van Duyne The SPEAKER pro tempore (during
(4) title IX of the Education Amendments Fitzgerald Mast Wagner
Walberg
the vote). There are 2 minutes remain-
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); or Fitzpatrick McCarthy
Fleischmann McCaul Walorski ing.
(5) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42
Foxx McClain Waltz
U.S.C. 6101 et seq.).
(b) PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY DEVELOPED,
Franklin, C. McClintock Weber (TX) b 1911
Scott McHenry Webster (FL)
MANDATED, OR ENDORSED CURRICULUM.— Fulcher McKinley Wenstrup Mr. GALLEGO changed his vote from
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made Gallagher Meijer Westerman ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’
by this Act shall be construed to authorize Garbarino Meuser Williams (TX)
Garcia (CA) Miller (IL) Wilson (SC) So the motion to recommit was re-
any officer or employee of the Federal Gov- jected.
Gibbs Miller (WV) Wittman
ernment to engage in an activity otherwise
prohibited under section 103(b) of the Depart-
Gimenez Miller- Womack The result of the vote was announced
Gonzales, Tony Meeks Zeldin as above recorded.
ment of Education Organization Act (20
U.S.C. 3403(b)). NAYS—228 MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Adams Carbajal Cuellar
Aguilar Cárdenas Davids (KS) Barragán (Beyer) Johnson (TX) Ryan (Beyer)
ant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the pre- Allred Carson Davis, Danny K. Bass (Blunt (Jeffries) Sánchez (Garcia
vious question is ordered on the motion Auchincloss Carter (LA) Dean Rochester) Kirkpatrick (TX))
to recommit. Axne Cartwright DeFazio Boebert (Gaetz) (Pallone) Sewell (Beatty)
Barragán Case DeGette Brooks Krishnamoorthi Sherman (Beyer)
The question is on the motion to re- Bass Casten DeLauro (Fleischmann) (Garcı́a (IL)) Sires (Pallone)
commit. Beatty Castor (FL) DelBene Brown (OH) Lamb (Blunt Spartz (Banks)
The question was taken; and the Bera Castro (TX) Demings (Beatty) Rochester) Strickland
Beyer Cawthorn DeSaulnier Bucshon (Gibbs) Leger Fernandez (Takano)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Biggs Cherfilus- Deutch Cárdenas (Neguse)
Suozzi (Beyer)
the noes appeared to have it. Bishop (GA) McCormick Dingell (Correa) Loudermilk
Swalwell
Blumenauer Chu Doggett Crist (Fleischmann)
Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, on Blunt Rochester Cicilline Doyle, Michael (Wasserman Lowenthal
(Correa)
that I demand the yeas and nays. Taylor (Fallon)
Boebert Clark (MA) F. Schultz) (Beyer)
Bonamici Clarke (NY) Escobar DeFazio Mace (Donalds) Thompson (PA)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- (Keller)
Bourdeaux Cleaver Eshoo (Stanton) McEachin
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Bowman Clyburn Espaillat Evans (Beyer) (Beyer) Torres (NY)
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Boyle, Brendan Cohen Evans Frankel, Lois Moore (WI) (Blunt
Rochester)
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Members will record their votes by F. Connolly Fletcher (Wasserman (Beyer)
Brown (MD) Cooper Foster Schultz) Moulton Vargas (Takano)
electronic device, and this will be a 5- Brown (OH) Correa Frankel, Lois Gomez (Garcia (Neguse) Walorski (Banks)
minute vote. Brownley Costa Gaetz (TX)) Payne (Pallone) Waters (Garcia
Buck Courtney Gallego Guest Price (NC) (TX))
The vote was taken by electronic de- Welch (Pallone)
Bush Craig Garamendi (Fleischmann) (Manning)
vice, and there were—yeas 198, nays Bustos Crist Garcı́a (IL) Johnson (SD) Ruiz (Correa) Wilson (FL)
228, not voting 1, as follows: Butterfield Crow Garcia (TX) (LaHood) Rush (Jeffries) (Neguse)
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NAYS—204 McEachin Sánchez (Garcia Thompson (PA)
(Beyer) (TX)) (Keller)
question is on the passage of the bill. Aderholt Gimenez Moolenaar Moore (WI) Sewell (Beatty) Torres (NY)
Allen Gohmert Mooney
The question was taken; and the Amodei Golden
(Beyer) Sherman (Beyer) (Blunt
Moore (AL) Moulton Sires (Pallone) Rochester)
Speaker pro tempore announced that Armstrong Gonzales, Tony Moore (UT) (Neguse) Spartz (Banks) Vargas (Takano)
the ayes appeared to have it. Arrington Good (VA) Mullin Payne (Pallone) Strickland Walorski (Banks)
Babin Gooden (TX) Murphy (NC)
Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, on Bacon Gosar
Price (NC) (Takano) Waters (Garcia
Nehls (Manning) Suozzi (Beyer) (TX))
that I demand the yeas and nays. Baird Granger Newhouse Ruiz (Correa) Swalwell Welch (Pallone)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Balderson Graves (LA) Norman Rush (Jeffries) (Correa) Wilson (FL)
Banks Graves (MO) Obernolte
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Barr Green (TN)
Ryan (Beyer) Taylor (Fallon) (Neguse)
Owens
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Bentz Greene (GA)
Palazzo f
This will be a 5-minute vote. Bergman Griffith
Palmer
Bice (OK) Grothman
The vote was taken by electronic de- Pence PPP AND BANK FRAUD ENFORCE-
Biggs Guest
Perry
vice, and there were—yeas 223, nays Bilirakis Guthrie
Pfluger MENT HARMONIZATION ACT OF
Bishop (NC) Harris 2022
204, not voting 1, as follows: Boebert Harshbarger Posey
Reschenthaler
[Roll No. 245] Bost Hartzler
Rice (SC)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. WIL-
Brady Hern LIAMS of Georgia). Pursuant to clause 8
YEAS—223 Brooks Herrell Rodgers (WA)
Adams Gomez O’Halleran Buchanan Herrera Beutler Rogers (AL) of rule XX, the unfinished business is
Aguilar Gonzalez (OH) Buck Hice (GA) Rogers (KY) the vote on the motion to suspend the
Ocasio-Cortez
Bucshon Higgins (LA) Rose
Allred Gonzalez, Omar
Rosendale
rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7352) to
Auchincloss Vicente Pallone Budd Hill
Burchett Hinson Rouzer amend the Small Business Act to ex-
Axne Gottheimer Panetta
Barragán Green, Al (TX) Pappas Burgess Hudson Roy tend the statute of limitation for fraud
Bass Grijalva Calvert Huizenga Rutherford by borrowers under the Paycheck Pro-
Pascrell
Beatty Harder (CA) Cammack Issa Salazar
Payne
Scalise
tection Program, and for other pur-
Bera Hayes Pelosi Carey Jackson
Beyer Higgins (NY) Carl Johnson (LA) Schrader poses, on which the yeas and nays were
Perlmutter
Bishop (GA) Himes Peters
Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Schweikert ordered.
Blumenauer Horsford Carter (TX) Johnson (SD) Scott, Austin The Clerk read the title of the bill.
Phillips
Blunt Rochester Houlahan Cawthorn Jordan Sessions
Pingree
Chabot Joyce (OH) Simpson
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The
Bonamici Hoyer Pocan
Bourdeaux Huffman Cheney Joyce (PA) Smith (MO) question is on the motion offered by
Porter
Bowman Jackson Lee
Pressley
Cline Katko Smith (NE) the gentlewoman from New York (Ms.
Boyle, Brendan Jacobs (CA) Cloud Keller Smith (NJ) VELÁZQUEZ) that the House suspend the
Price (NC) Clyde Kelly (MS)
F. Jacobs (NY) Smucker
Brown (MD) Jayapal
Quigley Cole Kelly (PA) Spartz
rules and pass the bill.
Raskin Comer Kim (CA) This will be a 5-minute vote.
Brown (OH) Jeffries Stauber
Rice (NY) Crawford Kustoff
Brownley Johnson (GA)
Ross
Steel The vote was taken by electronic de-
Bush Johnson (TX) Crenshaw LaHood Stefanik
Roybal-Allard Curtis LaMalfa
vice, and there were—yeas 421, nays 0,
Bustos Jones Steil
Butterfield Kahele Ruiz Davidson Lamborn Steube
not voting 6, as follows:
Carbajal Kaptur Ruppersberger Davis, Rodney Latta Stewart [Roll No. 246]
Cárdenas Keating Rush DesJarlais LaTurner Taylor YEAS—421
Carson Kelly (IL) Ryan Diaz-Balart Lesko
Tenney
Carter (LA) Khanna Sánchez Donalds Letlow Adams Butterfield DeGette
Thompson (PA)
Cartwright Kildee Sarbanes Duncan Long Aderholt Calvert DeLauro
Tiffany
Case Kilmer Scanlon Dunn Loudermilk Aguilar Cammack DelBene
Timmons
Casten Kim (NJ) Schakowsky Ellzey Lucas Allen Carbajal Demings
Turner
Castor (FL) Kind Schiff Emmer Luetkemeyer Allred Cárdenas DeSaulnier
Estes Mace Valadao
Castro (TX) Kinzinger Schneider Amodei Carey DesJarlais
Fallon Malliotakis Van Drew
Cherfilus- Kirkpatrick Schrier Armstrong Carl Deutch
Feenstra Mann Van Duyne
McCormick Krishnamoorthi Scott (VA) Arrington Carson Diaz-Balart
Ferguson Massie Wagner
Chu Kuster Scott, David Auchincloss Carter (GA) Dingell
Fischbach Mast Walberg
Cicilline Lamb Sewell Axne Carter (LA) Doggett
Clark (MA) Langevin Fitzgerald McCarthy Walorski Babin Carter (TX) Donalds
Sherman
Clarke (NY) Larsen (WA) Fleischmann McCaul Waltz Bacon Cartwright Duncan
Sherrill
Cleaver Larson (CT) Foxx McClain Weber (TX) Baird Case Dunn
Sires
Clyburn Lawrence Franklin, C. McClintock Webster (FL) Balderson Casten Ellzey
Slotkin
Cohen Lawson (FL) Scott McHenry Wenstrup Banks Castor (FL) Emmer
Smith (WA)
Connolly Lee (CA) Fulcher McKinley Westerman Barr Castro (TX) Escobar
Soto
Cooper Lee (NV) Gaetz Meijer Williams (TX) Barragán Cawthorn Eshoo
Spanberger
Correa Leger Fernandez Gallagher Meuser Wilson (SC) Bass Chabot Espaillat
Speier
Costa Levin (CA) Garbarino Miller (IL) Wittman Beatty Cherfilus- Estes
Stansbury
Courtney Levin (MI) Garcia (CA) Miller (WV) Womack Bentz McCormick Evans
Stanton
Craig Lieu Gibbs Miller-Meeks Zeldin Bera Chu Fallon
Stevens
Crist Lofgren Strickland Bergman Cicilline Feenstra
Crow Lowenthal
NOT VOTING—1 Beyer Clark (MA) Ferguson
Suozzi
Cuellar Luria Swalwell Hollingsworth Bice (OK) Clarke (NY) Fischbach
Davids (KS) Lynch Biggs Cleaver Fitzgerald
Takano
Davis, Danny K. Malinowski
Thompson (CA) b 1920 Bilirakis Cline Fitzpatrick
Dean Maloney, Bishop (GA) Cloud Fleischmann
Thompson (MS) So the bill was passed.
DeFazio Carolyn B. Bishop (NC) Clyburn Fletcher
Titus
DeGette Maloney, Sean
Tlaib The result of the vote was announced Blumenauer Clyde Foster
DeLauro Manning as above recorded. Blunt Rochester Cohen Foxx
DelBene Matsui Tonko Boebert Cole Frankel, Lois
Demings McBath Torres (CA) A motion to reconsider was laid on Bonamici Comer Franklin, C.
DeSaulnier McCollum Torres (NY) the table. Bost Connolly Scott
Deutch McEachin Trahan Bourdeaux Cooper Fulcher
Trone MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
Dingell McGovern Bowman Correa Gaetz
Underwood RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
Doggett McNerney Boyle, Brendan Costa Gallagher
Doyle, Michael Meeks Upton Barragán (Beyer) DeFazio Kirkpatrick F. Courtney Gallego
F. Meng Vargas Bass (Blunt (Stanton) (Pallone) Brady Craig Garamendi
Escobar Mfume Veasey Rochester) Evans (Beyer) Krishnamoorthi Brooks Crawford Garbarino
Eshoo Moore (WI) Velázquez Boebert (Gaetz) Frankel, Lois (Garcı́a (IL)) Brown (MD) Crenshaw Garcia (CA)
Espaillat Morelle Wasserman Brooks (Wasserman Lamb (Blunt Brown (OH) Crist Garcı́a (IL)
Evans Moulton Schultz (Fleischmann) Schultz) Rochester) Brownley Crow Garcia (TX)
Waters
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Fitzpatrick Mrvan Brown (OH) Gomez (Garcia Leger Fernandez Buchanan Cuellar Gibbs
Fletcher Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman (Beatty) (TX)) Buck Curtis Gimenez
(Neguse)
Foster Nadler Welch Bucshon (Gibbs) Guest Bucshon Davids (KS) Gohmert
Loudermilk
Frankel, Lois Napolitano Wexton Cárdenas (Fleischmann) Budd Davidson Gomez
(Fleischmann)
Gallego Neal Wild (Correa) Johnson (SD) Burchett Davis, Danny K. Gonzales, Tony
Williams (GA) Crist Lowenthal
Garamendi Neguse (LaHood) Burgess Davis, Rodney Gonzalez (OH)
Garcı́a (IL) Newman Wilson (FL) (Wasserman Johnson (TX) (Beyer) Bush Dean Gonzalez,
Garcia (TX) Norcross Yarmuth Schultz) (Jeffries) Mace (Donalds) Bustos DeFazio Vicente
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