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dylann roof was in a database called the index but the fbi does not think they have the authority tondex but congressman tom rice from south carolina has a simple bill this is the fbi can check all the databases. a simple fix it would stop dylann roof from buying a gun at the common sense republicans are pushing. jon: let's talk about infrastructure for a moment nancy pelosi the speaker of the house said she wanted infrastructure bill through this congress and she also says enter new taxes might be required to pay for. >> the goal is to promote good growth creating good paying jobs as we protect our planet and fiscally sound. >> it is going to take new taxes fiscally sound. >> there is some that spring from maintenance tax credit, this, that, we will see. jon: democrats are talking about a trillion dollar stimulus infrastructure and stimulus bill you pay for that with harbor maintenance tax credit? >> hold on to your wallets they are coming after your money and they're talking about a 4 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill but the funny thing about it everything in their bill makes it

but i also hear the -- and i just laid out for you the case of dylann roof. you think that it is a bad idea to make a law that extends it by ten days, possibly up to 30 days to make sure you know everything you need to know about the person you're selling the gun to? that's the fundamental question. >> i could make a case for the ten days, if the data backs it up. but then, like you said, it's not just that. they want to go to 30 days. they want to keep extending ten at a time. when that happens, your registration or application for the background check expires and many states have to go in and reapply. it's again, an onerous weight on law-abiding citizens. i'm going to go after the criminals. i want to protect law-ark bidin citizens second amendment rights. >> thank you for having this discussion with me. before you go, i want to ask you this because you served this country bravely for decades, for 30 years overseas. many tours in the middle east and iraq. and you hear a lot after all these mass shootings and after boulder that americans should not buy weapo

it was in the news again this past week, which drew comparisons back to dylann roof, a man armed withnine innocent victims in church. police didn't fire one shot at him. indeed, they carefully and methodically apprehended him. in fact, you can see officers calmly handcuffing him and leading him into the back of that car there. this is the exact racial double standard at play over and over in different places around the country. the same double standard. people are not being treated the same by police. i repeat, police are not treating people the same. now, take a look at george floyd in the moments before he was killed. here he was beforehand. he was being walked out. he was not armed. he was restrained, but he was held in the choke hold, pleading the same words, i can't breathe. floyd told the police he was claustrophobic and was afraid to get in the car. according to the arrest affidavit. so we know that from police. we don't have more information from floyd because they killed him. it's an incident that of course has shocked many in america, not because it occurred. police killings

1446 will say you can pray in your church and you should not have the violence of a killer like dylann roof come because the background check was not done. this is an important statement. let us celebrate a vote in the house today and, yes, a vote in the senate, and a signature by the president of the united states. mr. thompson: thank you all very much. are there any questions? reporter: [indiscernible] how are you planning, or i guess it's more for the senator, to overcome the filibuster? mr. thompson: you heard what senator schumer said. they'll take it up. it will have its day. if the republicans do -- can you imagine the republicans standing in opposition to 90% of the american people? but if they do, as senator schumer said, there's other options that they will -- that they will pursue. does anybody want to speak specifically on that? senator schumer: this is an idea which time has come. we had a majority of votes for a background check measure -- senator blumenthal: sandy hook, the cry from the gallery was shame on you. if the republicans vote against it -- and there will be a vote -

1446, had been in place, that would have allowed a 10-day window to be able to determine whether dylann roof needed to have a gun. it's as simple context, simple facts, and it should be done to save lives. and so i rise in enthusiastic support of h.r. 1446. i thank whip clyburn for his long years of persistence and our sympathy to those who lost their lives at mother emanuel in 2015 and we should say, no, criminals should not have guns and we should have a ncis system so he should have a full background check so he could not have a gun. are we interested in saving lives? the right way, saving lives? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. jordan: madam speaker, we reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. jordan: i yield to the gentleman from louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, let's share a life. i will share a story actually going on right now because my cit

the second pwheul would fix the dylann roof scenario. you remember the terrible shooting in charleston. he was able to get a gun. why? because the law says unless they can figure out a discrepancies about your background check within three days, it defaults to giving you the gun. this would say, no, wait a minute we need to withhold to halting giving you the gun until we fix the discrepancies and questions in your background. two things that should happen, need to happen but likely will meet with tremendous partisan resistance. >> you said support of those moves, changes. why don't we hear more from law enforcement on this issue? being a police officer and having to respond like the officer who lost his life to a mass shooting, being a patrol officer, not being equipped to confront that adequately not like a s.w.a.t. team is. why don't we hear more from officers and unions about the risks that they're in in these circumstances? >> i think increasingly we are seeing law enforcement executives speak out. but there's an interesting politica

check anytime somebody buys the gun, the other will close the charl top loophole, that's what let dylann roofith a prior arrest that should have prevented him from buying or owning any firearm. the loophole allows guns to be transferred by licensed gun dealers before background checks have been completed. in 2019 almost 3,000 guns were given to prohibited people before a background check could be completed. both of these bills passed the house but were never taken up by the senate. i want to bring in democratic congressman mike thompson. congressman, good morning. of course, from california. you chair the gun violence prevention task force as well. good morning. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me on. >> i want to start picking up from where my colleague blayne alexander left off. the house passed the george floyd justice in policing act, it's going to be the first law that tries to hold police accountable and change the culture of law enforcement basically. we are a year out from breonna taylor's death, the officers involved in that were not charged in her death. you may have h

people like dylann roof and the parkland shooter.ow can anyone just by sending -- justify sending checks to these people? let's remember, inmates, they don't pay income taxes. they have all their needs, food and medical expenses, paid for by taxpayers. they don't do anything to stimulate our economy. i hope my colleague will reconsider his objection and stand with me in putting accountability to american taxpayers over this insane policy that does nothing but throw $2 billion we don't have out the window. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president. the presiding officer: the junior senator from massachusetts. mr. markey: i would ask for a vitiation of the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. markey: i thank you, madam president. and i wish you and i wish everyone a happy st. patrick's day. it's a bi

also know how to enforce the law, and i did so when i was in the justice department before when dylann roof committed a heinous act against nine parishioners -- >> so let -- >> in that prosecution and conviction happen under my watch. >> is the death penalty wrong for the boston bomber? or the charlottesville shooter? >> is fine confirmed i will be following the law and that the justice department that were actually quite strict procedures for certification in a death penalty case that presides that decision to pursue a a depth e come resides with the attorney general of the united states who considers the aggregators and mitigated pursuant to the law. that will be the decision and determination of the next attorney general of the united states. >> ms. gupta, is it fair to say that you have double standards within based on your personal opinion or what you see as a professional responsibility? >> i don't believe i do. i believe that if i am confirmed my personal opinions on things take second place to the constitution and federal law. >> yield back. >> thank you, senator blackburn. i would

also know how to enforce the law, and i did so when i was in the justice department before when dylann roof committed a heinous act against nine parishioners -- >> so let -- >> in that prosecution and conviction happen under my watch. >> is the death penalty wrong for the boston bomber? or the charlottesville shooter? >> is fine confirmed i will be following the law and that the justice department that were actually quite strict procedures for certification in a death penalty case that presides that decision to pursue a a depth e come resides with the attorney general of the united states who considers the aggregators and mitigated pursuant to the law. that will be the decision and determination of the next attorney general of the united states. >> ms. gupta, is it fair to say that you have double standards within based on your personal opinion or what you see as a professional responsibility? >> i don't believe i do. i believe that if i am confirmed my personal opinions on things take second place to the constitution and federal law. >> yield back. >> thank you, senator blackburn. i would

ainsley: is that true that dylann roof, the guy who walked into the church in south carolina and killedrisoner in the united states if they have any tax forms filed is eligible for a check under this bill. the democrats had a chance to stop that from happening on saturday morning, and they voted it down. i suspect you'll be hearing more about that on the campaign trail. brian: senator, it's so disturbing, because this was supposed to be the easiest thing to get bipartisan support for. the rest of the stuff is off the charts to the left. this voting act, h.r. 1, is absolutely insane. the federal government's going to control how we vote and set up rules? i'm pretty sure that's not constitutional. here's how joe biden, the prime minister, characterized it -- the president, characterized it yesterday. >> last week the house of representatives passed h.r. 1 for the people act of 2021. this is a landmark piece of legislation are that is urgently needed to protect the right to vote and the integrity of our elections and to repair and strengthen our democracy. i hope the senate does its work s

had checked all available databases, dillon rough wouldn't have been allowed to -- dylann roof wouldn't have been allowed to purchase a firearm. there's a bill to fix that. republicans are serious about ending gun violence and have brought forward policies that protect public safety without eroding our second amendment rights. that's why in recent years we passed measures like the stop school violence act, the fix nics act and 21st century cures. the bills before us this week would not build upon this progress. but strips away from law-abiding citizens their rights. h.r. 8 would turn law abiding citizens into criminals -- law-abiding citizens into criminals if you loan a firearm to a neighbor with an abusive ex who wanted to borrow it for self-protection. even worse, h.r. 1446 would extend the waiting period for firearm sales from three to 10 business days and allow the government to delay a transfer indefinitely. indefinitely. as in forever. if a government bureaucrat says so. instead of these gun grabbing bills, house republicans are bringing forward targeted solutions. that's why i i

also know how to enforce the law and i it did so when i was in the justice department before when dylann roofommitted the heinous acts again nine -- against nine parishioners in thee ame church in that conviction happen under my watch. >> is the death penalty wrong for the boston bomber? for the charlottesville shooter? >> senator if i'm confirmed as associate attorney general i will be following the law and ag the justice department there are strict procedures for certification in a death penalty case that provides the decision to pursue a death sentence and the attorney general of united states to consider the aggregators and mitigators. that will be the determination of the next attorney general of the united states. >> is it fair to say that you have double standards than based on your personal opinions of what you see as the professional responsibility? >> i don't believe i do believe if i'm confirmed my personal opinion on things is in place under the constitution and federal law. >> i yield back. >> thank you senator blackburn. i'd like to submit the record letters of endorsement of va