when i tell people i'm from illinois, they make this assumption i'm from chicago. i am not. i am what is called a downstate are -- downstater. this is the district where people like their guns. and they find in our outdoorsman and outdoors women. it is a very tough issue in a congressional district like mine. how i have gotten to this point where i have chosen to be here with my colleagues over the last because i hours, is also know that people i represent in the 17th district of illinois are very reasonable, smart people when it comes to public policy. we haveow the two bills been talking about upon hours upon hours upon hours that the leadership -- republican leadership of this house would not let us debate, i know those bills are reasonable. i also know the people of my congressional district understand that to make sure that people are on the terrorist no-fly list should not have guns . that does not go over anybody's head in my congressional district. they understand that. they understand that would you wrong to have anybody who was on that list to be able to have a gun. they also know reasonable back