Joseph Woodrow Hatchett United States Courthouse and Federal Building
Floor Speech
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Mr. ROY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding.
Today, the United States Supreme Court stood up in defense of the Constitution in recognizing that it is the people--the people--who should be able to come together and make decisions about life and to be able to stand up and protect the God-given right to life.
Here today on the floor of this body, the people's House--the so- called people's House--is taking up legislation that is in direct conflict with the United States Constitution, our Bill of Rights, and the right to keep and bear arms. It is purposeful.
Do you know what?
When our colleagues say things like what the President said, that whether it is a 9-millimeter pistol or a rifle, I am going to continue to push to eliminate the sale of those things. When it is Representative Mondaire Jones saying that semi-automatic weapons would qualify as assault weapons and these things should be banned. Or when the Democrats tweeted that semi-automatic rifles are weapons of war, then we should believe you.
We should believe you that you want to take those weapons. That is what you are saying. That is what my colleagues are saying.
Here is the thing: my colleagues say, oh, don't worry, this is just money for mental health.
Do you know what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle and some academics say?
They have put out stories talking about how supposedly conservatives are suffering from mental health issues and that Republicans have become the cult of the mentally ill.
``Is political conservatism a mild form of insanity?'' writes Psychology Today.
You get article after article.
What do you think you want to do with the mental health money? What do you think you want to do?
You want to come after our ability to defend ourselves against the very tyranny you want to undermine by taking away the weapons we can use to defend ourselves against that tyranny. That is the purpose.
My colleagues on this side of the aisle--the handful who are going along with it--should be ashamed of themselves because right now, today, we have a duty to stand up here and defend our right to defend ourselves against the very tyranny that you ignore.
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