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

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

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 you very much, david. stocks were down. the dow off 260, the s&p 500 dropped 37. nasdaq fell 105. ♪ >> shannon: breaking tonight, pfizer says it will seek authorization for a third dose of its covid-19 vaccine. the company says another shot could dramatically boost immunity and possibly help ward off coronavirus mutations. research from multiple countries shows the widely used covid-19 vaccines offer strong protection against the highly con take just delta variant. but virus-fighting antibodies naturally weaken. wane. antibodies jump after a third dose. calling on u.s. olympic committee to call out athletes who get political. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates arranged the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york: michael avenatti has been incidenced to 20 and a half years in prison. the controversial lawyer found guilty last year on

nominee before are loudly opposing the nomination of david chipman. the a.t.f. countability 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, senator braun,? l

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

but based on their past experience and expressed behavior, tracy stone-manning and david chipman have disqualified themselves and are direct contradictions to the bipartisanship and unity that president biden called for and promised in his inaugural address. if these extremist nominees are confirmed, they will direct their respective agencies towards ends that are actively and openly hostile to the wyoming way of life that i am here in washington to support and defend. i call on president biden to withdraw these names and instead send us nominees for these positions who better reflect the bipartisan reputation the president spent decades cultivating in this senate. if the president does not withdraw these nominees, i strongly urge my colleagues to vote to reject them. thank you, mr. president. and i yield the floor. mr. boozman: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from arkansas booze thank you. it's an honor to be with my friend and colleague as we rise to honor police officer kevin apple who was killed in the line of duty on saturday, june 26. he made the ultimat

now, on one final matter, the president has made an inexplicable choice in nominating david chipman to head the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. this nominee has a long track record of open hostility to law-abaaouding -- to law-abiding americans' second amendment rights. he is a loud, proud, would of had be gun grabber who has made it a personal mission to erode the bill of rights for the citizens of this country. this is an especially awful time to be taking aim at americans' right to keep and bear arms. remember, as the political left has sought to vilify and defund the police across our country, homicides have of course surged. last year's spike in the national murder rate was the steepest since, believe it or not, 1960. so as democrats have made political war on the police, many citizens have started to think about self-protection. we've seen members of racial minority groups join in the parade of first-time gun owners in record numbers. but then democrats don't like that either. apparently, the left neither wants strong police forces nor do they want americans

these regulations would turn millions of legal gun owners into potential criminals and david chipman would be in charge of seeing them through. moreover, his demeaning attitude toward gun owners should also disqualify him from the a.t.f. position. an individual who regards law-abiding gun-owning americans as a bunch of untrained and irresponsible doomsday preppers waiting for the zombie apocalypse has no business, no business leading a gun enforcement agency. mr. president, the president, the vice president, and mr. chipman may not like it but the plain language of the bill of rights clearly guarantees the right of law-abiding americans to own firearms. that right like every other right guaranteed by our constitution must be respected and protected. and those who exercise their second amendment rights deserve to be respected as well. i do not believe we can rely on mr. chipman to respect our second amendment rights or the americans who exercise them. which is why i cannot vote to confirm him as director of the a.t.f. i encourage supporters of the second amendment on both sides of the