Speaking now on @HouseFloor about the need to take action on #gunviolence. Tune in @cspan http://www.c-span.org/video/?411624-1/sitin-continues-house-recesses&live …
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Replying to @RepStephenLynch
We have seen beautiful photos & heard the names of victims of gun violence. I rise today to tell my family's story and the story of so many.
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My cousin Brian Havlin was shot and killed in 1996. His daughter grew up never knowing her dad.
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I thank
@repjohnlewis. I am a rules guy so I had trouble with the idea of a sit in in the House of Representatives in the U.S. Congress1 reply 7 retweets 16 likes -
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But when they shut off microphone/cameras wouldn't let Members stand up for people out there, well then its time to get in some good trouble
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We are asking for modest changes by calling for a vote on these three bills. Three bills I happen to be a cosponsor of.
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This whole fight is to talk about these bills and have a vote on them. We want open debate on the floor of the people's house.
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The first bill is pretty simple – people on the terrorist watchlist shouldn’t have access to weapons.
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The second bill says we should check on the background of people to determine they can handle the responsibility of having a weapon.
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And the third bill says that the CDC should do a study on gun violence as a health issue because we are losing so many Americans to it.
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Those three bills won’t stop everything but they are good place to start.
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Replying to @RepStephenLynch
Victims of gun violence can’t speak for themselves so it is our job to speak on their behalf and on behalf of their families.
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As I stand here tonight, I am enormously proud to speak on behalf of this body.
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