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The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Washington, June 13, 2023
Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor today:
 
Defending the Right to Bear Arms

Once again, unelected agency bureaucrats within the Biden Administration are trying to control Americans’ daily lives with a new rule.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is pushing outrageous regulations in a power grab that would criminalize firearm ownership for millions of hardworking Americans.

Under the Biden ATF’s new rule, pistols with a stabilizing brace attachment would be reclassified as short-barreled rifles, and gun owners who fail to register their pistols with stabilizing braces with the ATF could face 10 years in jail and fines up to $10,000.

This rule is yet another instance of the Biden Administration weaponizing the federal government against everyday Americans, this time with an unconstitutional attack on the Second Amendment. 
 

Rep. Andrew Clyde’s legislation, H.J. Res. 44, would block the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional pistol brace rule and protect Americans’ Second Amendment rights. 

House Republicans will always defend Americans’ right to bear arms and fight executive overreach and burdensome regulations.


Denouncing Biden's Veto of Legislation Supporting Police Officers and Protecting Our Communities

As crime continues to skyrocket in our nation’s capital, Democrats go after the police working to protect the community instead of the criminals.

The D.C. Council’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022 gives more power to anti-police activists, allows individual police officers to be targeted by protestors, and strips officers of collective bargaining rights regarding discipline. 

Under the D.C. Council’s emergency legislative powers, these harmful policies have been in place since 2020; meanwhile, the D.C. police numbers have dropped by 500 and crime has risen dramatically. 


Now, the D.C. Council wants to make these failing policies permanent.

Rep. Andrew Clyde’s legislation, H.J. Res. 42, expresses Congressional disapproval of the D.C. Council’s harmful anti-police Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022, and prevents the Act from going into effect. 

Despite both the House and the Senate passing Rep. Clyde's resolution considerable bipartisan support, President Biden chose to veto this legislation. 

House Republicans will always stand with our men and women in uniform who risk their lives every day to keep our communities safe. 

Protecting Your Freedom to Have a Gas Stove

The Biden Administration wants to exercise even more control over the daily lives of hardworking Americans by telling us what kind of stoves we can have in our homes. 

In January, Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr., with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed a ban on gas stoves, calling them a “hidden hazard” and saying “any option is on the table.”


Gas stoves are, on average, 10 to 30 percent less expensive than electric stoves, making them a more affordable alternative as American families suffer under Biden’s inflation. Banning them would cost struggling families the most. Additionally, it would seriously impact small independent restaurants, driving up costs and potentially putting them out of business. 

Rep. Kelly Armstrong’s legislation, H.R. 1615, the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act, blocks the CPSC from issuing a radical rule to ban gas stoves and bars the use of federal funds to regulate gas stoves as a banned hazardous product.


Americans should be the ones deciding what they use in their kitchen, not out-of-touch government bureaucrats. House Republicans will always defend your freedoms and fight to keep big government out of your home.