The Democratic amendment to ban firearms in the committee room was defeated in a party-line vote.
The House Natural Resources Committee's first meeting of the year turned heated Wednesday when a Democratic member offered an amendment that would prohibit lawmakers fromRep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif.
Lauren Boebert takes part in the House Natural Resources Committee's organizational meeting on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 1, 2023."This does not allow for carrying firearms into hearing rooms and doesn't allow for walking around the Capitol with a loaded weapon. But we know some members think these rules do not apply to them," he added., R-Colo.
"Yes, it was awful when Ashli Babbitt was murdered," Boebert snapped back, referring to a rioter who was"And you don't care about the 100 police officers" who were injured in the attack, Gallego replied. "It was the first time in many, many years that I have been unprotected. I was disarmed, not unarmed, disarmed, because I was not allowed to possess my firearm," said Boebert, who was first elected to Congress in 2020.
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