>> chipman is a 20 year atf veteran. he worked in the bush and obama administrations. he supports expanding background checks, limiting high capacity magazines and more. >> do you believe in banning assault weapons? >> i do, sir. >> okay. define assault weapons. >> um, assault weapons would be something that, um, members of congress would define. >> well, how do you define it? you are going to be running the agency. >> chipman left public service to work for a group founded by former congresswoman giffords shot in the head in 2011 and since become gun control advocate. chipman defended his reputation writing in op-ed last year i'm also a proud gun owner who has sometimes been mischaracterized as a gun grabber. first in my career in service to my country and now as an advocate for gun safety. >> his confirmation vote is not yet scheduled. the white house is standing behind david chipman. official says it's ultimately up to the senate to make that final decision. shannon? >> shannon: david spunt at the white house. thank y

david chipman. david chipman has been a career the atf and left office and then immediately became a lobbyist for anti- gun, gun control groups for years. [inaudible] what is an assault weapon he hemmed and hawed is all you know, there is no such thing as an assault weapon. posters and politicians in washington to mislead american people to confiscate your weapon. he did say any rifle that takes a 22 round detachable magazine, can you imagine? that is everything, almost every single modern sporting rifle in america. the rifles you been shooting at a shooting range or defending ourselves and our families, almost everything. david chipman knows all this. he spent a career in the atf. he's not ignorant of these issues. he knows he's using language to mislead the american people to undermine our second amendment t right. we're going to stop david from becoming director of the atf. [applause] one way is for every person here to make sure you contact jean and maggie to tell them to oppose his nomination a

chipman.he a.t.f. accountability act -- mr. chipman's nomination comes as the a.t.f. is already in the lower accountability for politicized decisions. american gun owners, manufacturers, and small business owners deserve clarity and the right to appeal politii.s. seed decisions made by the a.t.f. currently, the a.t.f. engages in secretive, behind-the-scenes classification to decide if a firearm will be regulated by the national firearms act. no law-abiding american should have to wonder if they are going to suddenly is be made a criminal by a bureaucratic decision. doesn't make sense. that is why i joined representative dan crenshaw in the house to introduce the a.t.f. accountability act. law-abiding gun manufacturers and small businesses should be able to appeal the legal status of classifications within a regular time frame. and i yield the floor at this time. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. daines: mr. president, thank you. i want to thank my friend and colleague, senat

david chipman. david chip n ma-- chipman spent a career in the a.t.f. and immediately left office and was a lobbyist for anti-gun groups for years. [inaudible] what is an assault weapon? i think i know the answer. to him any -- as all you know, there is no such thing as an assault weapon. [applause] >> it is a made up term by lib rap lawyers and pollsters and politicians and washington to mislead the american people in an effort to confiscate your weapons. now, he ultimately did say, well, i guess i'd define is as any rifle that takes a 22 round or larger and a detachable magazine. can you imagine? that is everything. that's almost every single modern sporting rifle in america. the rifles that some of you have been shooting at the semi range, the rifles that so many of us own in our homes to defend ourselves and our families, almost everything. here is the thing, david chipman knows all this. he spent a career in the a.t.f. he's not ignorant the way so many lib rance who never touched a weapon are. he's using this to mislead the american people to under

david chipman's nomination has been stalled as gop leaders in the national rifle association work to think it. >> there at the front lines of our efforts to battle gun violence and so we are very hopeful that the senate will soon act on his nomination so the atf will have a confirmed director in place for this very important operation. >> he is a two decade atf veteran who served as an advisor to a major gun-control group. he would be the group's first formal leader since 2015. >>> the university of california and tuition is going up for the first time since 2017. this time it is different from earlier tuition hikes. new in-state undergrads for fall of 2022 will pay about 530 more dollars bringing base tuition just over $13,000 a year and that rate would be locked in for up to six years for first year and transfer students and the university officials hope this would be more palatable than the doubled digit tuition hikes that happened a decade ago. >>> a big wet mess in santa rosa today. this is not a new water feature in front of montgomery village. police say a poorly timed lane ch

important and crucial for us to be able to rely on the senate to do what is right and confirm david chipmanf. >> council member pinto, to you now, we just heard the police chief say there aren't enough rorsz here to curb the violence and we also know the police chief told reporters one of the root causes could be the illegal marijuana trade right now in d.c. that he's very concerned about that, i mean, what do you see as the root causes and what needs to be done here? >> sure, well, good morning, thank you very much for having me, and as you noted i represent the word that includes 14th street where the shooting happened on thursday evening, it stretches all the way down to the white house. many of our residents and visitors who come to our ward are used to visiting a safe environment. and, you know, i would be remiss if i didn't point out that there are residents across our city, and across our country who experience this level of gun violence and real trauma on a daily basis. and we should be outraged every time it happens. so here in washington, d.c. we are investing in short-term respon

that's why we should pick as quickly as we can a leader like david chipman to lead the a.t.f. agency. i'll conclude by saying that this has been an unusual weather time in our country. we've seen things happening that are unparalleled in history -- extreme weather from the chicago area, tornadoes, to the baking 120-degree heat of the northwest, to even a warning of a tornado here in washington, d.c. strange things are occurring. when you hear about these wildfires in california and oregon, there's a natural inclination if you don't live in that area to dismiss them, to say that didn't happen in my backyard, not in my backyard. well, i have to say we ought to wake up to the reality. extreme weather and the results of global warming are coming to everyone's backyard. we've got to take the realization that it's time for us to prepare this nation to turn back the impacts of climate change and global warming. those fires are burning in california and oregon, but they reflect a situation which is dangerous for all of us. we are waiting to investigate, bring in engineering groups wit

according to reports, chipman may have lost his own gun while serving as an a.t.f. agent. he also failed twice to define the term assault weapon during his confirmation hearing. this level of irresponsibility and lack of basic firearms knowledge is hardly an an endorsement for someone tasked with overseeing gun use in the united states. chipman has also reportedly adduce accused black americans who were successful on an a.t.f. test of cheating because, in his opinion, too many were passing the test. let's be real. this kind of discrimination would tank a republican candidate. mr. chipman has also endorsed efforts to defund the police and has supported the science fiction-sounding notion of precrime arrests. his idea of effective law enforcement would be to arrest people before they commit crimes. mr. president, i came to washington to solve real problems and get things done. i don't care if the constitutions come from the right or the left. i'm here to support good legislation and good policy. that's why i have backed president biden's decision to bring our troops home fro

chipman's long service as an a.t.f. special agent, but i have serious concerns that as the head of the a.t.f., he would spend more time going after law-abiding gun owners than actual criminals. the fact that he spent years as a gun control advocate gives us pretty strong indication of what his priorities are likely to be if he ends up heading this bureau. while mr. chipman couldn't make new gun laws as head of the a.t.f., wee certainly -- i should say he certainly could have a hand in writing a whole lot of new regulations. regulations that could end up substantially burdening americans' second amendment rights. a.t.f. has already gotten under way with the biden gun control agenda with proposed rules against firearm parts, kits often used by hobbyists and widely used stabilizing braces often referred to as pistol braces first designed to help a disabled veteran safely fire a weapon. these regulations would turn millions of legal gun owners into potential criminals and david chipman would be in charge of seeing them thro

chipman also comes with distressing workplace reputation. current and former a.t.n. -- a.t.f. agents, once his colleagues, have described him as both an activist and a bully. by one account, his policy views are extreme and his demeanor unsettling. i understand that just this week even graver concerns have surfaced. according to one report, multiple a.t.f. sources say there exist an internal report regarding comments made by the nominee in the workplace. i don't expect that a democratic president would pick somebody to run the a.t.f. that will have our side of the aisle popping corks, but this is another level altogether. anyone who supports the bill of rights should oppose this nomination. there's no way this nominee is the best the biden administration could do. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from from connecticut. mrs. murray: are we in a quorum call. mr. murphy: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are. mr. murphy: i ask that it be dispensed with. the