Hoyer Discusses House Democrats' Sit-In on MSNBC
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WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) discussed House Democrats' sit-in tonight on MSNBC. House Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House Floor to demand Republicans bring legislation to address gun violence to a vote. Below is an excerpt from the interview and a link to the video:
"We are standing up for 85% to 90% of Americans who believe the two bills we want to bring to the Floor - and not just in light of the tragedy in Orlando, but the 33,000 other deaths that have occurred as a result of guns in the past year or on an average year - that's what we're standing up for, and we think that those bills ought to be brought to the Floor. Not because Democrats are asking they be brought to the Floor, but because 85% to 90% of the American people believes that if somebody is on the terrorist no fly list they ought not to be able to buy a gun and put them and their families at risk."