Thank you very much for joining us this afternoon for another fun rules committee meeting. Today the committee will be considering hr 38, the concealed. Reciprocity active 2017. Conflicting state codes and legislations have created a patchwork of reciprocity agreements for concealed carry permit holders. Citizens of a state issued concealed carry permit from a state that does not require permits can lose their Second Amendment rights when entering another state if that state may have different rules and regulations. They concealed carry reciprocity citizenses lawabiding s Second Amendment rights do not end when they cross state lines. The facts show citizens to carry concealed handguns undoubtedly better prepared to act in their own selfdefense, but also a defense of others. Legislation under consideration acludes the fix nix act, bipartisan act to ensure that federal and state authorities comply with existing law and support criminal history records through the National Instant crimin
Committee will come to order and thank you for joining us for a fun rules committee today. The rules committee will be considering the concealed carry reciprocity act of 2017. The concealed. Reciprocity active 2017. Conflicting state codes and legislations have created a patchwork of reciprocity agreements for concealed carry permit holders. Citizens of a state issued concealed carry permit from a state that does not require permits can lose their Second Amendment rights when entering another state if that state may have different rules and regulations. They concealed carry reciprocity citizenses lawabiding s Second Amendment rights do not end when they cross state lines. The facts show citizens to carry concealed handguns undoubtedly better prepared to act in their own selfdefense, but also a defense of others. Legislation under consideration acludes the fix nix act, bipartisan act to ensure that federal and state authorities comply with existing law and support criminal history recor
That, democrats are not going to ut up 60 votes needed to overcome filibuster, those bills would move separately. Is nt seem likely the map there to conceal carry component. Dumain, covering for mcclatchy. The house will take up that Gun Legislation this afternoon. They gavel in at noon eastern. First votes around 1 30. First votes initial votes on the legislation around 1 30. The House Rules Committee voted yesterday to allow no amendments today. Heres part of yesterdays Committee Meeting where members suggested what amendments they wanted. Thank you very much for joining us this afternoon for another fun rules Committee Meeting. Today the committee will be mr. Sessions the rules committee will come to order and thank you for joining us for a fun rules committee today. The rules committee will be considering the concealed carry reciprocity act of 2017. Conflicting state codes and regulations have created a patchwork of reciprocity agreements for concealed carry permit holders. Permit
And something that we should be very wary of. This is in addition to what we were already running debt of nearly a trillion dollars. Its adding a couple extra hundred billion dollars a year to a budget and a country and a congress that had already recklessly let spending get out of control. The bill is nearly 700 pages. It was given to us at midnight last night, and i would venture to say no one has read the bill. No one can thoroughly digest a 700page bill overnight, and i do think that it does things that we really, really ought to talk about and how we should pay for them. One of the things this bill does is going to add 500 billion in spending over a twoyear period. This bill increases spending 21 . Does that sound like a large amount . Is anybody at home getting a bonus or an increase in your paycheck of 21 . And yet your government is going to spend 21 more without really having a full debate, without having amendments. The exchange you just watched was me asking to have a 15minu
Senate will vote on a bill that will add 1. 5 trillion to the dead over the next 10 years. This is a large amount of money and something we should be very wary of. S is in addition to what this is in addition to the debt that we already have. The bill is nearly 700 pages and was given to us at midnight last night, and i would venture to say, no one has read the bill. Digest thethoroughly bill overnight, and i do think that it does things we really, really ought to talk about, and how we should pay for them. One of the things it does is go back 500 billion in spending over a twoyear period. This bill increases spending 21 . Does that sound a large amount . Anyone at home getting a bonus foreign increasing your paycheck of 21 . Yet your government is going to spend 21 more without having a full debate or amendments. The exchange you watched with me having a 15 minute vote. I have been asking all week for it. We could have had dozens of votes today, but we squabbled because people dont wa