Providing for Consideration of H.J. Res. Providing for Congressional Disapproval Under the Rule Submitted By the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Relating to ``Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached `Stabilizing Braces' Providing for Consideration of H.R. Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of Providing for Consideration of H.R. Separation of Powers Restoration Act of Providing for Consideration of H.R. Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act; and Providing for Consideration of H.R. Save Our Gas Stoves Act

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Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the underlying resolution and the rule.

Mr. Speaker, I speak today not just as a Member of Congress but as a mother, a mother whose son was taken from her by gun violence, the very thing that we are talking about again today, and a mother who has fought every day since then to make sure that no other mother, no other family, no other community feels that pain or feels that loss.

Arm braces have become the attachment of choice for mass shooters in this country, the attachment of choice for the King Soopers shooter in Boulder who took the lives of 10 people, including a law enforcement officer; the attachment of choice for the shooter who murdered five individuals at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub; and the attachment of choice for the Nashville shooter who slaughtered three innocent babies in an elementary school.

We cannot continue to allow weapons of war in our communities, in our meeting centers, and in our schools.

What I just cannot understand is: What are our Republican colleagues afraid of? You swore an oath to protect and serve your constituents. What are you afraid of?

My Democratic colleagues are doing their job. We bring forth policy after policy after policy: Federal background checks for all gun sales, so a law-abiding gun owner can still own guns; the assault weapons ban, keeping those weapons of mass destruction, weapons of war, out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them; closing the Charleston loophole. These are just commonsense solutions that the American people are crying out for.

As a mother who has lost her child, I spend all of my time talking to survivors, day in and day out.

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Mrs. McBATH. Mr. Speaker, I spend all of my time, day in and day out, with survivors and families. What are you afraid of?

We have to do the right thing and preserve human life. That is why we were sent here. I implore you, and I am sure I will do it again and again and again, to do what is right, to respond to that oath to protect and serve the people who are waiting and crying out for us to keep them safe.

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