Natural Resources Committee Republicans voted down an amendment that would have explicitly prohibited lawmakers from carrying concealed firearms into hearing and committee rooms
Lawmakers on the House Natural Resources Committee got into a contentious debate Wednesday over an attempt by Democrats to reinstate a rule banning guns from the committee room.
Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., proposed an amendment that would explicitly prohibit members from carrying firearms within the hearing rooms and conference rooms of the committee. He said the amendment was "sadly necessary" after the Republican-controlled Rules Committee stripped a provision from the Natural Resources Committee rules that Democrats had adopted for the previous two years prohibiting firearms after that Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The Republican majority voted the amendment down 14-25, but not before several minutes of heated back-and-forth between committee members, including one moment where Huffman called for a show of hands to see who was not carrying a firearm right then and there.
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Gun ban fires up lawmakers on House committee, Dem demands show of hands on who's not packing
Members of Congress on the House Natural Resources Committee got into a contentious debate on Wednesday over whether lawmakers should be allowed to carry firearms to committee meetings.
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