We do rely heavily on information from our state and local counterparts. In many instances, we have excellent reporting from those counterparts. In some instances it is not as robust as we need. And anything that could be done to improve that would be useful. Certainly you could consider legislation. We also have been working directly, speaking directly with those localities to encourage them to improve their reporting to the current system. One final question, madam attorney general. Congressman deutsche made remps to this. This challenging definition of engaged in the business of dealing firearms. Even the atf has said that this very vague standard frustrates prosecution, it allows people who sell guns to avoid the requirements of background checks and some have suggested that you could issue a regulation that would provide greater clarity and define that. We recognize legislation is also possible. But will you agree to at least look at whether or not you have the ability to issue cl
The chair on this vote the yeas are 175 and the nays are 247 the amendment is no adopted. ThUnfinished Business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 24 printed in the house record 114259 by the gentleman from coloro, mr. Polis, on whh the proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed byoice vot the clerk amendment number 24, printed inrouse report house report 114359 offereby mr. Polis of colorado. The chair a recorded vote has been requted. All those in favor of taking this vote by the yeasnd nays will rise and remain standing unt counted. Those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise anbe counted. A sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electroc device. This is a twominute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the csedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedingfor polit
, a mims Convenient Store clerk is talking about how he disarmed a would be robber. This happened at the sugar creek gas station. Melanie holt is in mims right now. This clerk told you worse things have happened. He told me when i know when this suspect walked into this store he didnt have time to think. You may have seen the video of a mims store clerk turning the tables on an armed criminal last month. The 34yearold army vet said today it was just muscle memory and good training. The robber came through the front door over here, walked around, caught me when i wasnt looks, turned around and he was standing there with the gun and told me to put the money in the bag. David dick who just happened to be in a superman shirt when he caught up with him at the said he served multiple tours in iraq. Fearing he might be shot at home when he saw an opportunity he took it. That was number one in my mind, get the gun away, remove the threat and, you know, hopefully detain. That didnt happen. Afte
Until noon of january 20, 2017. And jay john szob . Jeh johnson . Our book is on the Justice Department. Yeah. I cant really answer questions about him. [inaudible] i dont believe so. So those folks, i could tell you from experience with them and people we talked to, they dont make the transition to be government lawyers. When you leave private practice and you go to work for the Justice Department you have to transition into being a government lawyers whose job is to represent it public as a whole. I can tell you the people that come from those organizations, they just now think they are working for those organizations but they have the governments power and resources to do what they want. But Christian Adams and i, a couple years ago, we did a foyer request for the resumes of all the career people that have been hired in the Civil Rights Department since the start of the department and hundred percent of the people hired were clearly hired on the bases of their politics and their ide
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