organizations that support this legislation. I believe they are correct
in supporting the veterans legislation which is a part of this rule.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I am glad the gentlewoman decided to go down this pathway because it
is not only the Veterans of Foreign Wars that oppose this, but the
Disabled American Veterans, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of
America, the Hispanic Veterans Leadership Alliance, the Black Veterans
Project, Reserve Organization of America, Veterans Education Success,
Student Veterans of America, Marine Corps League, Marine Corps Reserve
Association, Minority Veterans of America, Common Defense, Vet Voice
Foundation, National Security Leaders for America, Swords to
Plowshares, The Chamberlain Network, Unite for Veterans Coalition,
Veterans for Common Sense, Veterans for Responsible Leadership. I could
go on and on and on.
  The gentlewoman began by mentioning The American Legion. She may not
know this, but as we speak, The American Legion in Texas, representing
one of the largest memberships of The American Legion, has come out
against this bill and is urging The American Legion nationally to now
follow its lead and come out against this bill.
  The bottom line is, the more veterans' organizations know that they
are getting screwed, the more and more they are coming out against this
bill. They are in favor of the Major Richard Star bill, which would
provide and expand veterans' benefits without taking away other
veterans' benefits. It is that simple.
  This is a bad bill and, quite frankly, the more people realize what
is in this bill, the more they realize the cuts in this bill that will
adversely affect the veterans' community, the more and more people will
come out against this.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Landsman).
  Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 1181,
which is in this Rules package. I want to talk about the bill because
it is going to make it harder for us to fight gun violence in America.
  The majority is bringing to the floor a bill that would prevent
credit card companies from coding the sale of firearms, meaning that if
you buy a firearm from a gun manufacturer, from a gun seller, this
Congress is saying we don't want to track that, we don't want to code
it. We code everything, but we are not going to code this.
  It makes it even harder for us to fight gun violence in America.
  Some headlines from home:
  ``18-year-old dies after shooting near Westwood store.''
  ``Cincinnati Police Department investigating after shooting in
Avondale.''
  ``1 shot in East Price Hill, search underway for suspect.''
  ``No arrests made after 3 weekend shootings in Greater Cincinnati.''
  These are all headlines from this weekend.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ciscomani). The time of the gentleman
has expired.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 2 minutes to the
gentleman from Ohio.
  Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, the question then becomes: Why are they
siding with gun manufacturers and not law enforcement? Why are they
siding with the gun sellers and not our kids?
  It is a terrible bill based on a flawed ideology that somehow if you
sell a gun, you are more important than the people who get shot by one.
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, we don't side with killers. We side with the
Constitution.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to the time remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 8\1/2\
minutes remaining.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, this debate has made one thing very clear. Republicans
are not the victims of this chaos. They are the perpetrators of this
chaos. There is only one party that controls this floor and all three
branches of government. Republicans set the agenda. Republicans write
these awful rules. Republicans control the schedule, and Republicans
have chosen to spend week after week fighting with one another while
regular working people are getting squeezed.
  News flash to my Republican colleagues: The American people know the
difference between working and pretending to work. They know that
passing the same voter suppression bill again and again will not lower
their rent. They know that stapling the SAVE Act onto yet another piece
of legislation will not bring down the price of groceries. They know
that threatening the VFW will not improve veterans' care. They know
that changing or not changing the clocks will not change what is in
their bank account.