Senate Proceeding on Sep 25th, 2008 :: 0:04:59 to 0:09:58
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Speech By: Kay Hutchison

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Kay Hutchison: assistant majority leader is recognized. mr. durbin: the police chief of the district of columbia testified before the house of representatives, and said that this bill, which senator hutchison

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Richard Durbin: is trying to impose on the district of columbia, would make it far more difficult for the policemen in the district of columbia and federal agencies -- quote -- "to ensure safety an security in the

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Speech By: Richard Durbin

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Richard Durbin: nation's capital." and she cited particular concerns about providing security for the thousands of dignitaries, motor kaidz and special -- motorcades and special events that occur here in our nation's

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Richard Durbin: capital. i want to listen to those in uniform risking their lives to keep it safe for the people who live and visit here. they should be given the opportunity to make sure that the laws that are written

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Richard Durbin: are written in a way to be consistent with the supreme court decision, consistent with the individual right to bear arms, but also consistent with the standards that justice scalia mentioned. this bill that

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Richard Durbin: senator hupson would say -- hutchison would say must be the law of the district of columbia would prohibit the carrying of guns. that runs directly counter to the language of justice scalia who

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Richard Durbin: said that states and cities could impose laws -- quote -- "forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places." does that mean that we would be prohibited from searching people coming into the capital

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Richard Durbin: -- capitol complex and taking their guns away under the hutchison provision? i'm not sure that i know the answer to that. i think it is worth thinking about carefully before we consider imposing

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Richard Durbin: this gun ordnance that has come over from the house. i'm also concerned about the fact that this bill would repeal the right of washington, d.c., to do a background check on gun sale the, all gun sale, not

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Richard Durbin: just those of federally licensed dealers. i don't want guns to end up in the hands of the mentally ill or those with a history of felony, violent felonies. does that make you feel safer? myaf poor state

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Richard Durbin: of o illinois, much like the state of virginia, recently went through a tragic episode where someone brought a gun into a college last year at northern illinois university killing innocent people. it

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Richard Durbin: happened across the river at virginia tech. do i think it's right that in illinois and in virginia we make sure that on college campuses and other sensitive place that's people do not carry firearms? of

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Richard Durbin: course i do. if i'm going to send a child of mine or grandchild to a school or university, the first thing i want is for them to come home alive. and if it means putting reasonable standards so

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Richard Durbin: that people can't carry guns into those surroundings, we should do it. now, why would we create a different circumstance at the district of columbia. i went to georgetown university. if georgetown

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Richard Durbin: wants to make certain that students do not carry guns on certain areas of the campus, i will stand with them. it is consistent with the supreme court decision. i want to tell you that this law that

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Richard Durbin: senator hutchison would impose on washington, repeals washington's right to prohibit the carrying of guns in public. that goes too far. there has to be a reasonable middle ground here. and to take

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Richard Durbin: this provision that has been written by the gun lobby and impose it on the district of columbia and on all of the people that live here is just wrong. now, the senator's right. in the past congress

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Richard Durbin: has done just about everything you can think imaginable when it comes to imposing laws on the district of columbia and weanders. many members of congress who never served as mayors get their chance

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Richard Durbin: to pick on this city right here to write federal legislation that they would never think of introducing back home for their own hometowns. let's do it for washington. let's go ahead and try an experiment

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Richard Durbin: here. that's not fair. it's not just and it is not american. these people in this town deserve a voice in their own future to elect people who speak for them and represent them as we do all across

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Richard Durbin: america, to have a chance as delegate norton has asked for only six months to implement this new supreme court decision is not unreasonable. and i know that there are those who want it done today. and i am

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Richard Durbin: anxious to see it done too. but i am not going to try to impose the law on the district of columbia that is unfair, that creates insecurity where we've been warned by the police chief that it makes

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Richard Durbin: it less safe for visitors to the nation's capitol. that is irresponsible. i yield theld floor. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas is recognized. mrs. hutchison: mr. president, i just want

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Richard Durbin: to make sure that the record shows that, number one, it is the constitutional responsibility of congress to assure that the district of columbia residents have their second amendment rights. that is our highest

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Kay Hutchison: calling. it is our highest responsibility. it is not u is upping --usrp -- usurping anyone's rights in the district of columbia. it is standing up for the people of the district of columbia. i

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Speech By: Kay Hutchison