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Agenda. this is how they assess members, oppose closing the so-called terror gap. they oppose closing the gun show loophole. they support an amendment that makes it harder to trace guns specifically used in crimes that would be not law-abiding gun use. they would support amendments to carry guns on amtrak, national parks and bars and what i would call the notorious stand your ground legislation. do you think that agenda, if it has more exposure in this debate, i mean if the president read off th...

Emirates airlines sold shahzad a ticket to pakistan seven hours after his name was added to the no-fly list. the proposal from chuck schumer and others of his colleagues would require that airlines flag to the tsa any passenger who pays cash for an airline ticket. but a different gap in security remains wide open. individuals on the list have the same right to buy guns and explosives as anyone else. calling it the terror gap, michael bloomberg asked congress to give the government the ability to...

The list. until today they were required to check for updates to the list only once every 24 hours. emirates airlines sold shahzad a ticket to pakistan seven hours after his name was added to the no-fly list. the proposal from chuck schumer and others of his colleagues would require that airlines flag to the tsa any passenger who pays cash for an airline ticket. but a different gap in security remains wide open. individuals on the terror list have the same right to buy guns and explosives as any...

Sensical, some jarringly misdirected. today all airlines were ordered to check the no-fly list within two hours of receiving a notification that a high priority name had been added to the list. until today they were required to check for updates to the list only once every 24 hours. emirates airlines sold shahzad a ticket to pakistan seven hours after his name was added to the no-fly list. the proposal from chuck schumer and others of his colleagues would require that airlines flag to the tsa an...

Today, the security of our free state is being tested by terrorists. and i urge you to take the commonsense -- commonsense steps in this law to strengthen law enforcement, including closing the terror gap and to protect the american people from more atta attacks. and guess what? that hearing was on the books before the times square bomb attempt, which new yorks police commissioner points out, was the 11th known terror plot targeting new york since 9/11. boy, oh, boy. birds, fish, jobs, peopl...

Because nothing happened people who may want to do our country harm have no trouble boouying gs and explosives as the gao report shows, it is important to net the legislation before you today would give fbi agents the ability to make exceptions when they determine blocking a sale might tip off a suspect who is under investigation. exactly the reverse issue. and, the bill also allows those on the list to appeal their status to the justice department, and challenge the determination in court, and ...

The world trade center was blown up in et 3 with a truck bomb. of course american terrorists like timothy mcveigh, big truck bomb against oklahoma city. theyve been focused on smaller trains and like madrid and london. this may show a trend back toward a bigger truck bomb but i think theyre going to be flexible and do whatever they can to attack us. >> thank you very much. and the senate homeland security committee met this morning to find out a way to close whats called a so-called terror gap...

Background check system were to be fixed terror suspects and other dangerous people would still be ale to go to gun shows to buy guns without any background checks at all. and that is why our coalition of mayors is also urging congress to close the gun show loophole. and, i might point out frank luntz also found the same 82% in favor of closing the gun show loophole as well as the terror gap. in new york city we are doing everything humanly possible to prevent another terrorist attack, under com...

Deny would-be terrorists access to the weapons, the safer well all be. that is why it is urgent that we close the terror gap in our nations gun laws. failure to do so, place this is country at even greater risk. last year, i testified before this committee about the n.y.p.d.s response to the command... in 2008, as you may recall the attack in mumbai, was called out by operatives using ac-56 assault reefs and by sus take the operation for hours they maximized the casualties. and as part of our co...

York city with an arsenal of high powered firearms and last june in little rock, arkansas, a man opened fire in a military recruiting station, killing one private and wounding another. at the time of the shooting, the fbi was already investigating this man after his arrest in yemen with a fake somali passport he was charged with murder and 16 counts of terrorist acts. and, on november 5th, 2009, nadal hasan shot 43 people at fort hood, killing 13. we know he was able to buy a hand gun despite ha...