. >> i want to thank my colleagues especially heidi heitkamp and jeff flake and senator collins and everyone who worked hard to come out of the partisan chambers and do something. this isn't going to be a comfortable vote but it should be. it is the most non-partisan, straightforward, commonsense amendment i have seen in many years around here. it says if you are so dangerous we cannot let you on an airplane then maybe you shouldn't be able to buy a gun no questions asked. i spent more time with firearms than most of the folks in this chamber. i have no reservations about this amendment. it will keep terrorist from buying firearms in this country. maybe it is too common sense for this body. >> thong. we have an amazing group of senators who have come together in a very bipartisan way to simply say that there is an opportunity to balance the important right that is presented in the second amendment and protect the security of the people in our country. the vast majority of gun owners in this country would gladly give up those extra 14 days for safety and security of the american people. when

. >> i want to thank my colleagues especially susan collins and heidi heitkamp and jeff flake,e, and everyone who's worked so hard to actually come out of our partisan corners and do v something for a change. it is very easy for us all toble sit back and take comfortable boat. this is not going to be a. comfortable boat but it should be. it's the most nonpartisan, straightforward commonsense amendment that iac in many years around here. it says basically if you are so dangerous that we can't let you on an airplane, maybe you shouldn't be able to buy a gun, no questions asked.ks i spent more time with fire arms than most of the folks in this chamber. i have no reservations about this amendment. it protects the second amendment, includes due process, it will keep terrorists from being able to buy firearms in this country. maybe it's to commonsense for this body. i want to thank everybody whoorl was willing to get to this uncomfortable place to do the w right thing and i would yield the rest of my time to the senator from north dakota. >> thank you. i think for the first time in a in co

. >> i want to thank susan collins for having the guts to stick her neck out and reach out to heidi heitkampd myself and her colleagues and all these fine senators and say it's time to start putting progress in front of politics. this is a straightforward proposal . i think we're all heartsick at the kind of terrible groundhog day feeling we've had as we've seen shooting after shooting in this country. and it's very comfortable for us to sit in our respective corners and vote for something that we know is going to change things. it's a lot more difficult to engage with members of the opposite party and try to find what can actually move forward. all the senators that you see up here today want to find that path forward. that's what this amendment is about. it should not not be complicated if you are on the no-fly list, if you are on the selectee list, you really shouldn't be buying a gun. i say that as a gun owner myself . these people should not be able to buy a gun, and of story. they will have to process rights, absolutely. and the five-year look back is absolutely critical because if you

i want to commend susan collins for her work, that of heidi heitkamp and others who are trying to get us closer to a no-fly, no-buy approach, that's important. but i would have us keep in mind we still have the prerogative -- i'm the son of a guy who was a big hunter, trader, buyer, seller of guns, my dad, now deceased, but he was also a big believer in using common sense with respect to guns as well. and i think most americans find troubling certainly the idea that somebody could be denied the right to fly in an airplane and then turn around and go buy a gun. i think most americans say that's crazy. hopefully we'll at least take a small step in that direction. but the other thing that i find especially telling, this came from a bible study group that met here earlier this afternoon with the chaplain. we talked a little bit about the idea that somebody could go to a gun show and be a convicted felon, they could be someone -- i'm only -- mr. cornyn: mr. president, i would ask for regular order. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. carper: one minute and i'm