Jim Jordan

Mr. JORDAN

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy), my friend.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Massie), the co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus.

Mr. JORDAN. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the gentleman from Kentucky.

Mr. JORDAN

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Massie), the co-chair of the Second Amendment Caucus.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, again, I urge a ``no'' vote on this legislation. Proponents say that this bill doesn't violate due process. Nothing could be further from the truth. You haven't been charged with a crime, but there is a hearing, a hearing that you are not allowed to be at. You can't be present at a hearing where you don't have a lawyer and a hearing where a judge can take your property. Again, just to underscore this, you haven't been charged with a crime, but there is a hearing where your property and your rights are at stake. You are not allowed to be there; your lawyer is not allowed to be there; and you can't confront your accuser. But they can take your gun; they can take your property; and they can take your Second Amendment liberty. Here is the scariest part of all: As my friend from Kentucky just pointed out, the Democrats say this is just the first step, that this doesn't go far enough. Holy cow. So that kind of proceeding doesn't go far enough when it comes to your Second Amendment liberties? One of the key things that separates this great Nation from all other countries is how we have due process in our justice system. This bill takes it away. No other way to put it. You can say all day long that it doesn't violate due process, but as I said just a few minutes ago, every time I hear that, experience has taught me that it most certainly does. When you have to say it, it probably does. In this case, it is certainly violating due process. There are other problems, but for that reason alone, we should vote ``no.'' Again, the scariest thing of all is that they are saying: ``Oh, this is just the first step. This doesn't go far enough.'' Imagine where they want to take us. Their beef is with the Second Amendment. They want it to go away. Don't let it happen. I urge a ``no'' vote. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, experience has taught me when you have to say a bill is constitutional, it is probably not. When you have to say a bill adheres to due process, it probably doesn't. And this bill certainly doesn't. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cline).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Bishop), my friend.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Buck).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Green).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis).

Mr. JORDAN. We sure aren't the same, Mr. Speaker. We actually think you should protect the sanctity of human life, and we so appreciate the decision from the Court today. We don't think you should take away rights from law-abiding American citizens. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Tiffany).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to my friend, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Roy).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Fitzgerald).

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I will tell you what saves lives. The decision we got from the Supreme Court today saves lives. This bill takes rights away from law-abiding citizens, their Second Amendment liberties. That is the key distinction. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to my friend, the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Johnson).