mr. clyburn's district in charleston, or wouldn't have worked in mr. perlmutter's district in the movie theater, or it wouldn't have worked in orlando at the pulse restaurant. they say well, we only will support a bill that will work in all of these cases. the only bill that will do that guns. ing rid of all and there's not support on our side of the aisle for that, and there's not support on the other side of the aisle for that. it's a disingenuous argument. every -- everything that we gun and there's can do to stop people from being killed by someone with a gun, we should be working on doing it. the bills that we're talking about today are bipartisan bills. you know that, mr. speaker. our bill has not only bipartisan support, it has 197 co-authors. i don't think there's ever been a time in the history of congress that there's been a gun bill on -- in this house that's had 197 co-authors. that is really out of the ordinary. folks have lined up to support this because they know it's good public policy. the american people know it's good public policy.

mr. clyburn of south carolina, he's proud to say. mr. clyburn. >> thank you very much, leader pelosi. and now, we are going to hear from members of congress and the people that they have invited here to speak out on behalf of disarming hate and hopefully lighting the way to commonsense gun reform legislation. so we're going to thank all the members who have come out here this evening. only a few of them who will be presenting speakers. i want to begin by inviting to the mic now representative katherine clark, who will present on behalf of the people of charleston, south carolina. >> thank you, congressman clyburn, our leader nancy pelosi, and congressman john lewis, who has led us in this effort. my name is katherine clark. i represent the fifth congressional district of massachusetts. on june 17th, 2015, nine prayerful souls gathered for bible study at emanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina. the lives of reverend clementa pinckney, cynthia herd, sharonda coleman singleton, ethen lance, suzy jackson, depayne middleton doctor, the reverend daniel simmons, and myra thompson we

mr. clyburn of south carolina, he's proud to say. mr. clyburn. >> thank you very much, leader pelosi. and now, we are going to hear from members of congress and the people that they have invited here to speak out on behalf of disarming hate and hopefully lighting the way to commonsense gun reform legislation. so we're going to thank all the members who have come out here this evening. only a few of them who will be presenting speakers. i want to begin by inviting to the mike now representative katherine clark, who will present on behalf of the people of charleston, south carolina. >> thank you, congressman clyburn, our leader nancy pelosi, and congressman john lewis, who has led us in this effort. my name is katherine clark. i represent the fifth congressional district of massachusetts. on june 17th, 2015, nine prayerful souls gathered for bible study at emanuel ame church in charleston, south carolina. the lives of reverend clementa pinckney, cynthia herd, shu ronde coleman singleton, ethen lance, suzy jackson, depain middleton doctor, the reverend daniel simmons, and myra thompson,

mr. clyburn of south carolina, he's proud to say, mr. clyburn. >> thank you very much, leader pelosi. and now we are going to hear from members of congress and the people that they have invited here to speak out behalf on this hopefully lighting the way to common sense gun reform legislation. [cheers and applause] >> so we want to thank all the members who have come out here this evening, only a few of them will be presented speakers and i want to begin by inviting to the mic now representative katherine who will present on behalf of the people of charleston, south carolina. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you congressman clyburn, our leader nancy pelosi and congressman john lewis who has lead us in this effort. my name is katherine clark, i represent district of massachusetts. on june 17th 2015 nine souls gathered for bible study at emanuel church in charleston, south carolina. the lives of reverend clameta, cynthia hurried, the reverend sharonda, tawnza sanders, susie jackson, depayn, myra thompson was snuffed out by a hateful murderer who was allowed to purchase a gun because of

mr. clyburn, for five minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i come today to draw attention to the fact that tomorrow evening we are going on the sting a speakout west front of the capitol, the west lawn, and we are going to be highlighting three pieces of legislation. , h.r. 1076, h.r. 3051 and h.r. 4603. i'm particularly interested 3051. n h.r. that is the legislation that seeks to close what has become known as the charleston loophole. the reason i'm particularly interested in it today is because on yesterday, the government accountability . fice issued a 57-page report w, that report is so voluminous, i won't ask that it be entered in the speaker, but i do ask that the one-page summary be entered into the record. and here's what you're going to find in this report. this report says that the general accounting office has found that between the years 89,000 people have been blocked from purchasing weapons who were not eligible to purchase weapons because of their records, but e report says that 6,800 others were able to purchase fire

mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to once again call upon the members of congress to gun some commonsense reform because i really believe that we are misusing the word reform every time we talk about this issue. reform means a change for the better. it doesn't mean just to go through a process. it means a change for the better. and mr. speaker, we have seen that our gun laws need to change. i'm very remorseful for nine souls in my congressional district who lost their lives because of inadequate, nonsensical background check law that says that no matter what the situation might be, if you wait for three days you can go get the gun irrespective of your mental condition, irrespective of your background, irrespective of your intentions you can still buy the gun. we need to close the charleston loophole and we need to enact a law that says if you are not qualified to buy a plane ticket, you're not qualified to buy a gun. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose

mr. clyburn, for five minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i am pleased that the house will finally consider legislation to make reforms to our background check system for firearm purchases. mr. speaker, the word reform an either be a noun or a verb. as a noun reform means a change for the better. improving the situation without revolutionary change. a moral improvement. but i must refer mr. speaker, this instance reform we're bout to vote upon is a verb, which simply means to form again, or to become formed again. americans are demanding a background check system that is a change for the better. and is not riddled with loopholes. they demand a system that protects the rights of law-abiding americans while preventing dangerous individuals from obtaining weapons. they demand a system where to purchase a gun you must pass a ackground check. unfortunately, the bill before s crafted by the n.r.a. will not deliver this to the american people. one of the fundamental loopholes in the brady bill which requires background checks for most purc

mr. clyburn, for five minutes. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i am pleased that the house will finally consider legislation to make reforms to our background check system for firearm purchases. mr. speaker, the word reform an either be a noun or a verb. as a noun reform means a change for the better. improving the situation without revolutionary change. a moral improvement. but i must refer mr. speaker, this instance reform we're bout to vote upon is a verb, which simply means to form again, or to become formed again. americans are demanding a background check system that is a change for the better. and is not riddled with loopholes. they demand a system that protects the rights of law-abiding americans while preventing dangerous individuals from obtaining weapons. they demand a system where to purchase a gun you must pass a ackground check. unfortunately, the bill before s crafted by the n.r.a. will not deliver this to the american people. one of the fundamental loopholes in the brady bill which requires background checks for most purc

mr. clyburn: thank you very much, mr. speaker.ant to thank speaker ryan for his comments this morning and thank him so much for asking the people of our great country to take stock. i want us to take stock in more ways than one. i often talk about having been parsnitch sed in a and one of the early discussions i remember is amoo my father talking about what to do about getting rid of a minister that had betrayed his trust. so i think we have to look at these issues on all sides. i honor police officers. i have relatives who are police officers. i have great friends who are police officers. but the fact of the matter is there are times when people of he cloth need to be defrocked. there are times when people in the law enforcement community need to take stock. and the fact of the matter is we do know that any time you see a young african-american being stopped 52 times by one jurisdiction, something is wrong. and when i say to my 21-year-old grandson, son, when you're stopped by the police, suppress your manhood so that you can be

mr. clyburn, who was involved in superdelegates were established, and by the way, they were never called that, basically said one of the issues was, elected officials, members of congress, go to the convention. they would have to run as delegates. if i have to run as a delegate to go to the convention , i would have to run against my constituents, and i would never want to do that. i would not go to the convention. they came up with a process to include elected officials. i think that those issues should be examined, but whether or not they should be thrown out is another issue. think senator sanders has already influenced the platform significantly. i don't believe that anybody gets 100% of what they want. if you look at the platform now as it has developed, he has already had a significant influence. host: reporting this morning that sanders confirmed wednesday night that he is in discussion with the hillary clinton campaign about a potential endorsement of her candidacy, and he anticipates a coming together of the two campaigns. karen bass: think goodness. there was a lot of people wh

clyburn to stand. again, please hold your applause. mr. bakari sellers, our speaker.te representative caesar midnight. williamsburg county supervisor sammy paisley. -- the kingstree mayor. gentlemen ahese round of applause. there are any members of the williamsburg county council, and he members of any of the town councils in the williamsburg county, and if there are any other elected officials, serving our country, state, or county, if you would please stand and be recognized at this time. [applause] we thank you for your service. now, this a certainly would not be possible without the vision, hard work, and the effort of the planning committee. it took a lot of people to pull this together. those on the planning committee to please stand, and i want to give special recognition to these four individuals. mr. michael allen, mr. billy jenkinson, mrs. cassandra williams-rush, and mrs. julia mcfadden. if you would please stand and be recognized as part of the planning committee today. we thank you for your hard work and vision to make this day possible. [applause] we als

mr. chairman, i'll start with you. let's go quickly down the line >> everything is designed to seek improvement. >> i said yes or no. >> ms. clyburn? >> yes or no. >> which one do you want? pick one. you're saying both? okay. >> i'll make it easy. yes. >> okay. >> yes. >> yes. >> all right. question two, do you agree that if the fcc is to move forward it should follow a different approach than outlined in the mprm. >> that's what we're trying to do right now. we're working with the industry. >> okay. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> i like this. do you agree that the pay tv provider alternative shows some promise? >> one page, it's not a proposal. it's a press release. >> does it show promise? >> does it show promise? >> yes. >> yes. the great thing is that it lowered the temperature and said we can talk about. yes, it shows promise. >> yes. >> needs work, but yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> y'all have doing really well on this. okay. i met with a copyright office yesterday and they've got some concerns about this proposal. so do you agree that no mat whaer the fcc does it must not diminish copyright law, jeopardize the security of cont