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Republicans have controlled the House of Representatives for seven weeks
and haven’t passed a single bill.

What they have done — rather than lowering the cost of groceries or
capping corporate price gouging — is repeal a rule that prohibits Members
of Congress from bringing guns into committee hearing rooms.

[ [link removed] ]It's never been more clear that the GOP is more concerned with their
far-right agenda than improving the lives of everyday people. If you can
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While guns are prohibited in the House and Senate chambers and adjacent
areas, Democrats installed metal detectors after the January 6th
insurrection to ensure the rules were being followed by the new crop of
far-right extremists elected to office.

In the same vein, after Rep. Lauren Boebert joined the Natural Resources
Committee in January 2021, the committee quickly added a written amendment
to their rules that guns were expressly forbidden from its hearing room.^1

Then this term, within days of Republicans finally selecting a Speaker of
the House, the metal detectors were gone.^2

And when AOC asked the new Republican Chair of the Natural Resources
Committee whether or not he believed firearms should be allowed in
committee, he said simply, ‘I believe it’s up to every member of the House
to follow the House rules.’

[ [link removed] ]While Republicans are more worried about protecting guns than people,
AOC is keeping up the pressure on accountability for corporate price
gouging, divestment from fossil fuels, and health care for all. If AOC can
count on your support today, please chip in here →



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1 - [ [link removed] ]NBC News: Republicans quash Democratic ban on carrying guns in a
congressional committee room

2 - [ [link removed] ]The Hill: Lawmakers clash over gun prohibition in Natural
Resources committee


 

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