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Happy Friday! I spent most of my week in Washington D.C. as the House was back in session. It was a busy week, so I hope you’ll read below to learn about the important happenings:
1 House Passage of H.R. 7910 and H.R. 2377--the Democrats’ Gun Control Bills
This week, the House of Representative passed H.R. 7910, a compilation of multiple Democrat gun control bills. Each component—from raising the age for purchasing semi-automatic rifles and shotguns, to restricting magazine size, to micromanaging gun storage—would do little, if anything, to protect against future instances of violence, but would infringe Americans’ Second Amendment rights and add bureaucratic hurdles for law-abiding citizens to exercise those rights.
I unequivocally condemn the recent shootings that have occurred throughout our country. But it’s inappropriate for Democrats to use the heightened emotions of a grieving nation to push through a radical, anti-Second Amendment agenda.
Sadly, the root cause of the spates of violence we’re experiencing cannot be easily fixed by the federal government. For decades, my colleagues on the Left have pushed policies that have broken down the family, increased isolation, and driven wedges into society.
The public will not be safer under new gun control laws—the lawlessness in Democrat-run cities is a prime example of that fallacy. What will make the public safer, especially in our schools, is repealing laws that create gun-free zones, ensuring that there are armed school resource officers in schools to protect students, and improving the physical security of schools.
I will not stand by while Democrats infringe a God-given, constitutionally protected right by lying to the American people.
Click below to watch my comments.
The House also passed H.R. 2377—another piece of gun control legislation. I strongly oppose this legislation and voted against it. This bill allows the government to seize an individual’s firearms and ammunition without due process.
Click below to watch.
COUNTER-NARRATIVE
‘Scared and Tired’: Thousands Across the U.S. Rally Against Gun Violence
As hundreds of demonstrations unfolded around the country on Saturday, supporters of gun control legislation cried out for action.
WASHINGTON — After Uvalde, after Buffalo, after Parkland and Newtown and El Paso and hundreds of other mass shootings over the past two decades, thousands of protesters rallied against gun violence on Saturday in Washington, D.C., and in cities across the country.
With their signs, chants and mere presence, they condemned the drumbeat of mass shootings in the United States and renewed a call — so far, a futile one — for federal legislation to limit the use of the military-style weapons that have made many of them possible. Many vowed to fight the inaction at the polls. . .This time, the demonstration in Washington followed shootings last month that left 10 Black people dead in a Buffalo supermarket and killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
The Saturday protests unfolded in hundreds of cities across the country and at a smattering of locations in Europe. . ."
2 House Oversight and Reform Committee Hearing on Gun Violence
On Wednesday, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on gun violence. While I have no objection to holding a congressional hearing that considers crime, violence, and guns in America, I object strongly to the Democrats' exploitation of children who have been victimized so recently in Uvalde.
The child who was brought to testify before the Committee Tuesday was recently victimized and traumatized. The Chair of this committee was re-victimizing and re-traumatizing this child for political purposes.
Adults I interviewed who were inside the Uvalde school after the massacre were highly traumatized, even with their professional training and experience. They sought counseling and intervention.
A child of tender years, brought before this Committee to re-live the horror of the Uvalde murders is tantamount to child abuse and will no doubt add to the post-traumatic stress of the child going forward.
It is despicable that Chairwoman Maloney, locked in a bitter political struggle with the Chair of the Judiciary Committee, has chosen to add to the trauma of a child victim for what appears to be crass and cynical political purposes.
Because of my objection, I did not physically attend the first panel of this Committee hearing, but instead watched it via television. I attended and participated in the second panel.
Click the image below to view some of my comments during the hearing.
3 Floor Speech on the Illegitimate Jan. 6 Committee
Yesterday, I gave a speech on the House floor denouncing the illegitimate January 6th Committee's primetime hearing last night. The FBI found no evidence President Trump or his allies coordinated any part of the Capitol riots. The January 6th Committee would like for you to ignore that. The Committee is quite unhappy with the facts of January 6th as they exist today. It’s why they recently hired a former ABC executive to help dramatize them.
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Top Media Appearances of the Week
This week, I joined Newsmax’s Jenn Pellegrino to discuss the illegitimate January 6th Committee’s first hearing and how the Committee hired a former ABC executive to promote and dramatize it. Click below to watch the full segment.
I joined One America News Network’s DC Draino to discuss the House’s passage of H.R. 7910. Each component of the bill would do little, if anything, to protect against future instances of gun violence. Click below to watch the full segment.
I joined KTAR-AM’s (Phoenix, AZ) Mike Broomhead to discuss the House’s passage of H.R. 7910 and how it doesn’t address the nation’s mental health crisis, lack of school security, and destruction of the family unit. Click below to hear the full segment.
Top Op-Eds of the Week
This week, Townhall and American Greatness published two of my columns regarding the illegitimate January 6th Committee. The Committee has been a sham since Day One and I refuse to testify before them. I hope you enjoy these reads.
Townhall: The January 6th Committee Kindly Asks You to Ignore the FBI
American Greatness: Why I Refuse to Testify Before the Illegitimate January 6 Committee
What’s the Biggs Idea? Podcast w/ Heritage Second Amendment Expert Amy Swearer
This week, I recorded my podcast “What’s the Biggs Idea?” in its new, live video format. The episode was live-streamed on my Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube pages and garnered thousands of views in 24 hours.
Amy Swearer, a Legal Fellow from the Heritage Foundation, served as the episode’s guest. She also testified at the House Oversight and Reform hearing on gun control this week. We reacted to her testimony, the House passage of H.R. 7910, and the Uvalde shooting.
We’ll be posting more episodes soon. Check out our social media pages for more updates.
Click below to view the podcast.
Definition of the Week
Instead of focusing on our nation’s record inflation, historic gas prices, porous southern border, empty shelves of baby formula, and much more, Democrats and the mainstream media continue to focus their priorities on January 6th.
The tone deafness is unacceptable, but also believable. They don’t want to discuss or be held accountable for their disastrous policies that have sent this country into a downward spiral.
Courtesy of Michael Knowles’ Speechless, here’s what we think is the latest definition:
January 6th Committee: an illegitimate committee, mostly composed of Democrats, who seek to distract Americans from legitimate and more pressing domestic and international issues their party has created.
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