Sunday, December 23, 2012

NRA PRESS CONFERENCE AND VIDEO

12/21/2012

The National Rifle Association's 4 million mothers, fathers, sons and daughters join the nation in horror, outrage, grief and earnest prayer for the families of Newtown, Connecticut ... who suffered such incomprehensible loss as a result of this unspeakable crime.

Out of respect for those grieving families, and until the facts are known, the NRA has refrained from comment. While some have tried to exploit tragedy for political gain, we have remained respectfully silent.

Now, we must speak ... for the safety of our nation's children. Because for all the noise and anger directed at us over the past week, no one — nobody — has addressed the most important, pressing and immediate question we face: How do we protect our children right now, starting today, in a way that we know works?

The only way to answer that question is to face up to the truth. Politicians pass laws for Gun-Free School Zones. They issue press releases bragging about them. They post signs advertising them.

And in so doing, they tell every insane killer in America that schools are their safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk.

How have our nation's priorities gotten so far out of order? Think about it. We care about our money, so we protect our banks with armed guards. American airports, office buildings, power plants, courthouses — even sports stadiums — are all protected by armed security.

We care about the President, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents. Members of Congress work in offices surrounded by armed Capitol Police officers.
Yet when it comes to the most beloved, innocent and vulnerable members of the American family — our children — we as a society leave them utterly defenseless, and the monsters and predators of this world know it and exploit it. That must change now!

The truth is that our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters — people so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can possibly ever comprehend them. They walk among us every day. And does anybody really believe that the next Adam Lanza isn't planning his attack on a school he's already identified at this very moment?

How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame — from a national media machine that rewards them with the wall-to-wall attention and sense of identity that they crave — while provoking others to try to make their mark?

A dozen more killers? A hundred? More? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?

And the fact is, that wouldn't even begin to address the much larger and more lethal criminal class: Killers, robbers, rapists and drug gang members who have spread like cancer in every community in this country. Meanwhile, federal gun prosecutions have decreased by 40% — to the lowest levels in a decade.

So now, due to a declining willingness to prosecute dangerous criminals, violent crime is increasing again for the first time in 19 years! Add another hurricane, terrorist attack or some other natural or man-made disaster, and you've got a recipe for a national nightmare of violence and victimization.

And here's another dirty little truth that the media try their best to conceal: There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people.

Through vicious, violent video games with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse. And here's one: it's called Kindergarten Killers. It's been online for 10 years. How come my research department could find it and all of yours either couldn't or didn't want anyone to know you had found it?

Then there's the blood-soaked slasher films like "American Psycho" and "Natural Born Killers" that are aired like propaganda loops on "Splatterdays" and every day, and a thousand music videos that portray life as a joke and murder as a way of life. And then they have the nerve to call it "entertainment."

But is that what it really is? Isn't fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography?

In a race to the bottom, media conglomerates compete with one another to shock, violate and offend every standard of civilized society by bringing an ever-more-toxic mix of reckless behavior and criminal cruelty into our homes — every minute of every day of every month of every year.

A child growing up in America witnesses 16,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence by the time he or she reaches the ripe old age of 18.

And throughout it all, too many in our national media ... their corporate owners ... and their stockholders ... act as silent enablers, if not complicit co-conspirators. Rather than face their own moral failings, the media demonize lawful gun owners, amplify their cries for more laws and fill the national debate with misinformation and dishonest thinking that only delay meaningful action and all but guarantee that the next atrocity is only a news cycle away.

The media call semi-automatic firearms "machine guns" — they claim these civilian semi-automatic firearms are used by the military, and they tell us that the .223 round is one of the most powerful rifle calibers ... when all of these claims are factually untrue. They don't know what they're talking about!

Worse, they perpetuate the dangerous notion that one more gun ban — or one more law imposed on peaceful, lawful people — will protect us where 20,000 others have failed!
As brave, heroic and self-sacrificing as those teachers were in those classrooms, and as prompt, professional and well-trained as those police were when they responded, they were unable — through no fault of their own — to stop it.

As parents, we do everything we can to keep our children safe. It is now time for us to assume responsibility for their safety at school. The only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Would you rather have your 911 call bring a good guy with a gun from a mile away ... or a minute away?

Now, I can imagine the shocking headlines you'll print tomorrow morning: "More guns," you'll claim, "are the NRA's answer to everything!" Your implication will be that guns are evil and have no place in society, much less in our schools. But since when did the word "gun" automatically become a bad word?
A gun in the hands of a Secret Service agent protecting the President isn't a bad word. A gun in the hands of a soldier protecting the United States isn't a bad word. And when you hear the glass breaking in your living room at 3 a.m. and call 911, you won't be able to pray hard enough for a gun in the hands of a good guy to get there fast enough to protect you.

So why is the idea of a gun good when it's used to protect our President or our country or our police, but bad when it's used to protect our children in their schools?

They're our kids. They're our responsibility. And it's not just our duty to protect them — it's our right to protect them.

You know, five years ago, after the Virginia Tech tragedy, when I said we should put armed security in every school, the media called me crazy. But what if, when Adam Lanza started shooting his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday, he had been confronted by qualified, armed security?

Will you at least admit it's possible that 26 innocent lives might have been spared? Is that so abhorrent to you that you would rather continue to risk the alternative?

Is the press and political class here in Washington so consumed by fear and hatred of the NRA and America's gun owners that you're willing to accept a world where real resistance to evil monsters is a lone, unarmed school principal left to surrender her life to shield the children in her care? No one — regardless of personal political prejudice — has the right to impose that sacrifice.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is no national, one-size-fits-all solution to protecting our children. But do know this President zeroed out school emergency planning grants in last year's budget, and scrapped "Secure Our Schools" policing grants in next year's budget.

With all the foreign aid, with all the money in the federal budget, we can't afford to put a police officer in every school? Even if they did that, politicians have no business — and no authority — denying us the right, the ability, or the moral imperative to protect ourselves and our loved ones from harm.

Now, the National Rifle Association knows that there are millions of qualified active and retired police; active, reserve and retired military; security professionals; certified firefighters and rescue personnel; and an extraordinary corps of patriotic, trained qualified citizens to join with local school officials and police in devising a protection plan for every school. We can deploy them to protect our kids now. We can immediately make America's schools safer — relying on the brave men and women of America's police force.

The budget of our local police departments are strained and resources are limited, but their dedication and courage are second to none and they can be deployed right now.

I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school — and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.

Before Congress reconvenes, before we engage in any lengthy debate over legislation, regulation or anything else, as soon as our kids return to school after the holiday break, we need to have every single school in America immediately deploy a protection program proven to work — and by that I mean armed security.

Right now, today, every school in the United States should plan meetings with parents, school administrators, teachers and local authorities — and draw upon every resource available — to erect a cordon of protection around our kids right now. Every school will have a different solution based on its own unique situation.

Every school in America needs to immediately identify, dedicate and deploy the resources necessary to put these security forces in place right now. And the National Rifle Association, as America's preeminent trainer of law enforcement and security personnel for the past 50 years, is ready, willing and uniquely qualified to help.

Our training programs are the most advanced in the world. That expertise must be brought to bear to protect our schools and our children now. We did it for the nation's defense industries and military installations during World War II, and we'll do it for our schools today.

The NRA is going to bring all of its knowledge, dedication and resources to develop a model National School Shield Emergency Response Program for every school that wants it. From armed security to building design and access control to information technology to student and teacher training, this multi-faceted program will be developed by the very best experts in their fields.

Former Congressman Asa Hutchinson will lead this effort as National Director of the National School Shield Program, with a budget provided by the NRA of whatever scope the task requires. His experience as a U.S. Attorney, Director of the Drug Enforcement Agency and Undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security will give him the knowledge and expertise to hire the most knowledgeable and credentialed experts available anywhere, to get this program up and running from the first day forward.

If we truly cherish our kids more than our money or our celebrities, we must give them the greatest level of protection possible and the security that is only available with a properly trained — armed — good guy.
Under Asa's leadership, our team of security experts will make this the best program in the world for protecting our children at school, and we will make that program available to every school in America free of charge.

That's a plan of action that can, and will, make a real, positive and indisputable difference in the safety of our children — starting right now.

There'll be time for talk and debate later. This is the time, this is the day for decisive action.

We can't wait for the next unspeakable crime to happen before we act. We can't lose precious time debating legislation that won't work. We mustn't allow politics or personal prejudice to divide us. We must act now.

For the sake of the safety of every child in America, I call on every parent, every teacher, every school administrator and every law enforcement officer in this country to join us in the National School Shield Program and protect our children with the only line of positive defense that's tested and proven to work.




 

NRA PRESS CONFERENCE


12/21/2012

The National Rifle Association's 4 million mothers, fathers, sons and daughters join the nation in horror, outrage, grief and earnest prayer for the families of Newtown, Connecticut ... who suffered such incomprehensible loss as a result of this unspeakable crime.

Out of respect for those grieving families, and until the facts are known, the NRA has refrained from comment. While some have tried to exploit tragedy for political gain, we have remained respectfully silent.

Now, we must speak ... for the safety of our nation's children. Because for all the noise and anger directed at us over the past week, no one — nobody — has addressed the most important, pressing and immediate question we face: How do we protect our children right now, starting today, in a way that we know works?

The only way to answer that question is to face up to the truth. Politicians pass laws for Gun-Free School Zones. They issue press releases bragging about them. They post signs advertising them.

And in so doing, they tell every insane killer in America that schools are their safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk.

How have our nation's priorities gotten so far out of order? Think about it. We care about our money, so we protect our banks with armed guards. American airports, office buildings, power plants, courthouses — even sports stadiums — are all protected by armed security.

We care about the President, so we protect him with armed Secret Service agents. Members of Congress work in offices surrounded by armed Capitol Police officers.
Yet when it comes to the most beloved, innocent and vulnerable members of the American family — our children — we as a society leave them utterly defenseless, and the monsters and predators of this world know it and exploit it. That must change now!

The truth is that our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters — people so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can possibly ever comprehend them. They walk among us every day. And does anybody really believe that the next Adam Lanza isn't planning his attack on a school he's already identified at this very moment?

How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame — from a national media machine that rewards them with the wall-to-wall attention and sense of identity that they crave — while provoking others to try to make their mark?

A dozen more killers? A hundred? More? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?

And the fact is, that wouldn't even begin to address the much larger and more lethal criminal class: Killers, robbers, rapists and drug gang members who have spread like cancer in every community in this country. Meanwhile, federal gun prosecutions have decreased by 40% — to the lowest levels in a decade.

So now, due to a declining willingness to prosecute dangerous criminals, violent crime is increasing again for the first time in 19 years! Add another hurricane, terrorist attack or some other natural or man-made disaster, and you've got a recipe for a national nightmare of violence and victimization.

And here's another dirty little truth that the media try their best to conceal: There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people.

Through vicious, violent video games with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse. And here's one: it's called Kindergarten Killers. It's been online for 10 years. How come my research department could find it and all of yours either couldn't or didn't want anyone to know you had found it?

Then there's the blood-soaked slasher films like "American Psycho" and "Natural Born Killers" that are aired like propaganda loops on "Splatterdays" and every day, and a thousand music videos that portray life as a joke and murder as a way of life. And then they have the nerve to call it "entertainment."

But is that what it really is? Isn't fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography?

In a race to the bottom, media conglomerates compete with one another to shock, violate and offend every standard of civilized society by bringing an ever-more-toxic mix of reckless behavior and criminal cruelty into our homes — every minute of every day of every month of every year.

A child growing up in America witnesses 16,000 murders and 200,000 acts of violence by the time he or she reaches the ripe old age of 18.

And throughout it all, too many in our national media ... their corporate owners ... and their stockholders ... act as silent enablers, if not complicit co-conspirators. Rather than face their own moral failings, the media demonize lawful gun owners, amplify their cries for more laws and fill the national debate with misinformation and dishonest thinking that only delay meaningful action and all but guarantee that the next atrocity is only a news cycle away.

The media call semi-automatic firearms "machine guns" — they claim these civilian semi-automatic firearms are used by the military, and they tell us that the .223 round is one of the most powerful rifle calibers ... when all of these claims are factually untrue. They don't know what they're talking about!

Worse, they perpetuate the dangerous notion that one more gun ban — or one more law imposed on peaceful, lawful people — will protect us where 20,000 others have failed!
As brave, heroic and self-sacrificing as those teachers were in those classrooms, and as prompt, professional and well-trained as those police were when they responded, they were unable — through no fault of their own — to stop it.

As parents, we do everything we can to keep our children safe. It is now time for us to assume responsibility for their safety at school. The only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Would you rather have your 911 call bring a good guy with a gun from a mile away ... or a minute away?

Now, I can imagine the shocking headlines you'll print tomorrow morning: "More guns," you'll claim, "are the NRA's answer to everything!" Your implication will be that guns are evil and have no place in society, much less in our schools. But since when did the word "gun" automatically become a bad word?
A gun in the hands of a Secret Service agent protecting the President isn't a bad word. A gun in the hands of a soldier protecting the United States isn't a bad word. And when you hear the glass breaking in your living room at 3 a.m. and call 911, you won't be able to pray hard enough for a gun in the hands of a good guy to get there fast enough to protect you.

So why is the idea of a gun good when it's used to protect our President or our country or our police, but bad when it's used to protect our children in their schools?

They're our kids. They're our responsibility. And it's not just our duty to protect them — it's our right to protect them.

You know, five years ago, after the Virginia Tech tragedy, when I said we should put armed security in every school, the media called me crazy. But what if, when Adam Lanza started shooting his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday, he had been confronted by qualified, armed security?

Will you at least admit it's possible that 26 innocent lives might have been spared? Is that so abhorrent to you that you would rather continue to risk the alternative?

Is the press and political class here in Washington so consumed by fear and hatred of the NRA and America's gun owners that you're willing to accept a world where real resistance to evil monsters is a lone, unarmed school principal left to surrender her life to shield the children in her care? No one — regardless of personal political prejudice — has the right to impose that sacrifice.

Ladies and gentlemen, there is no national, one-size-fits-all solution to protecting our children. But do know this President zeroed out school emergency planning grants in last year's budget, and scrapped "Secure Our Schools" policing grants in next year's budget.

With all the foreign aid, with all the money in the federal budget, we can't afford to put a police officer in every school? Even if they did that, politicians have no business — and no authority — denying us the right, the ability, or the moral imperative to protect ourselves and our loved ones from harm.

Now, the National Rifle Association knows that there are millions of qualified active and retired police; active, reserve and retired military; security professionals; certified firefighters and rescue personnel; and an extraordinary corps of patriotic, trained qualified citizens to join with local school officials and police in devising a protection plan for every school. We can deploy them to protect our kids now. We can immediately make America's schools safer — relying on the brave men and women of America's police force.

The budget of our local police departments are strained and resources are limited, but their dedication and courage are second to none and they can be deployed right now.

I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school — and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.

Before Congress reconvenes, before we engage in any lengthy debate over legislation, regulation or anything else, as soon as our kids return to school after the holiday break, we need to have every single school in America immediately deploy a protection program proven to work — and by that I mean armed security.

Right now, today, every school in the United States should plan meetings with parents, school administrators, teachers and local authorities — and draw upon every resource available — to erect a cordon of protection around our kids right now. Every school will have a different solution based on its own unique situation.

Every school in America needs to immediately identify, dedicate and deploy the resources necessary to put these security forces in place right now. And the National Rifle Association, as America's preeminent trainer of law enforcement and security personnel for the past 50 years, is ready, willing and uniquely qualified to help.

Our training programs are the most advanced in the world. That expertise must be brought to bear to protect our schools and our children now. We did it for the nation's defense industries and military installations during World War II, and we'll do it for our schools today.

The NRA is going to bring all of its knowledge, dedication and resources to develop a model National School Shield Emergency Response Program for every school that wants it. From armed security to building design and access control to information technology to student and teacher training, this multi-faceted program will be developed by the very best experts in their fields.

Former Congressman Asa Hutchinson will lead this effort as National Director of the National School Shield Program, with a budget provided by the NRA of whatever scope the task requires. His experience as a U.S. Attorney, Director of the Drug Enforcement Agency and Undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security will give him the knowledge and expertise to hire the most knowledgeable and credentialed experts available anywhere, to get this program up and running from the first day forward.

If we truly cherish our kids more than our money or our celebrities, we must give them the greatest level of protection possible and the security that is only available with a properly trained — armed — good guy.
Under Asa's leadership, our team of security experts will make this the best program in the world for protecting our children at school, and we will make that program available to every school in America free of charge.

That's a plan of action that can, and will, make a real, positive and indisputable difference in the safety of our children — starting right now.

There'll be time for talk and debate later. This is the time, this is the day for decisive action.

We can't wait for the next unspeakable crime to happen before we act. We can't lose precious time debating legislation that won't work. We mustn't allow politics or personal prejudice to divide us. We must act now.

For the sake of the safety of every child in America, I call on every parent, every teacher, every school administrator and every law enforcement officer in this country to join us in the National School Shield Program and protect our children with the only line of positive defense that's tested and proven to work.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

112th Congress - House of Representatives


Democrats
(In Alphabetical Order)      

Ackerman, Gary (NY-5) *          @RepGaryAckerman
Altmire, Jason (PA-4) *          @RepJasonAltmire
Andrews, Robert E. (NJ-1)          Doesn't Tweet 
Baca, Joe (CA-43) *          @RepJoeBaca
Baldwin, Tammy (WI-2) *          @TammyBaldwinWI
Barber, Ron (AZ-8)          @RepRonBarber
Barrow, John (GA-12)          @repjohnbarrow
Bass, Karen (CA-33)          @RepKarenBass
Becerra, Xavier (CA-31)          @RepBecerra
Berkley, Shelley (NV-1) *          @RepBerkley
Berman, Howard (CA-28) *          @RepHowardBerman
Bishop Jr., Sanford D. (GA-2)          @SanfordBishop 
Bishop, Timothy (NY-1)          @TimBishopNY
Blumenauer, Earl (OR-3)          @BlumenauerMedia
Bonamici, Suzanne (OR-1)          @RepBonamici
Boren, Dan (OK-2) *          Doesn't Tweet
Boswell, Leonard (IA-3) *          @LeonardBoswell
Brady, Robert (PA-1)          @RepBrady
Braley, Bruce L. (IA-1)          @BruceBraley
Brown, Corrine (FL-3)          @RepCorrineBrown
Butterfield, G.K. (NC-1)          @GKButterfield
Capps, Lois (CA-23)          @RepLoisCapps
Capuano, Michael E. (MA-8)          @mikecapuano
Carnahan, Russ (MO-3) *          @RepCarnahan
Carney, John (DE)          @JohnCarneyDE
Carson, André (IN-7)          @RepAndreCarson
Castor, Kathy (FL-11)          Doesn't Tweet 
Chandler, Ben (KY-6) *          Doesn't Tweet
Chu, Judy (CA-32)          @RepJudyChu
Cicilline, David (RI-1)          @davidcicilline
Clarke, Hansen (MI-13) *          @RepHansenClarke
Clarke, Yvette D. (NY-11)          @YvetteClarke
Clay Jr., William "Lacy" (MO-1)          Doesn't Tweet
Cleaver, Emanuel (MO-5)          @repcleaver
Clyburn, James E. (SC-6)          @Clyburn
Cohen, Steve (TN-9)          @RepCohen
Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" (VA-11)          @GerryConnolly
Conyers Jr., John (MI-14)          @repjohnconyers
Cooper, Jim (TN-5)          @repjimcooper
Costa, Jim (CA-20)          @RepJimCosta
Costello, Jerry (IL-12)          @JerryCostello
Courtney, Joe (CT-2)          @RepJoeCourtney
Critz, Mark (PA-12) *          @RepMarkCritz
Crowley, Joseph (NY-7)          @repjoecrowley
Cuellar, Henry (TX-28)          @RepCuellar
Cummings, Elijah (MD-7)          @ElijahECummings
Curson, David (MI-11)          @CursonMI11
Davis, Danny K. (IL-7)          @DannyKDavis
Davis, Susan (CA-53)          Doesn't Tweet 
DeFazio, Peter (OR-4)          @RepPeterDeFazio
DeGette, Diana (CO-1)          @RepDianaDeGette
DeLauro, Rosa L. (CT-3)          @rosadelauro
DelBene, Suzan (WA-1)          @SuzanDelBene
Deutch, Ted (FL-19)          @RepTedDeutch
Dicks, Norman D. (WA-6) *          Doesn't Tweet
Dingell, John (MI-15)          @john_dingell
Doggett, Lloyd (TX-25)          @RepLloydDoggett
Donnelly, Joe (IN-2) *          @RepDonnelly
Doyle, Mike (PA-14)          @USRepMikeDoyle
Edwards, Donna F. (ME-4)          @repdonnaedwards
Ellison, Keith (MN-5)          @keithellison
Engel, Eliot (NY-17)          @RepEliotEngel 
Eshoo, Anna G. (CA-14)          @RepAnnaEshoo
Farr, Sam (CA-17)          @RepSamFarr
Fattah, Chaka (PA-2)          @chakafattah
Frank, Barney (MA-4) *          Doesn't Tweet
Fudge, Marcia L. (OH-11)          @RepMarciaFudge
Garamendi, John (CA-10)          @RepGaramendi
Gonzalez, Charlie A. (TX-20) *          @TX20CharlieG
Green, Al (TX-9)          @RepAlGreen 
Green, Gene (TX-29)          @RepGeneGreen 
Grijalva, Raul (AZ-7)          @RepRaulGrijalva
Gutierrez, Luis (IL-4)          @LuisGutierrez
Hahn, Janice (CA-36)          @Rep_JaniceHahn
Hanabusa, Colleen (HI-1)          @RepHanabusa
Hastings, Alcee L. (FL-23)          Doesn't Tweet 
Heinrich, Martin T. (NM-1)          @Heinrich4NM
Higgins, Brian (NY-27)          @RepBrianHiggins
Himes, Jim (CT-4)          @jahimes
Hinchey, Maurice (NH-22) *          @mauricehinchey
Hinojosa, Rubén (TX-15)          @USRepRHinojosa
Hirono, Mazie K. (HI-2) *          @maziehirono
Hochul, Kathy (NY-26)          @RepKathyHochul
Holden, Tim (PA-17) *          Doesn't Tweet
Holt, Rush (NJ-12)          @RushHolt
Honda, Mike (CA-15)          @RepMikeHonda
Hoyer, Steny H. (ME-5)          @WhipHoyer
Israel, Steve (NY-2)          @RepSteveIsrael
Jackson Lee, Sheila (TX-18)          @JacksonLeeTX18
Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX-30)          @RepEBJ 
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Jr. (GA-4)          @RepHankJohnson
Kaptur, Marcy (OH-9)          @RepMarcyKaptur
Keating, William (MA-10)          @USRepKeating
Kildee, Dale (MI-5)          Doesn't Tweet  
Kind, Ron (WI-3)          @RepRonKind
Kissell, Larry (NC-8) *          @RepLarryKissell
Kucinich, Dennis J. (OH-10) *          @RepKucinich
Langevin, Jim (RI-2)          @jimlangevin
Larsen, Rick (WA-2)          @RepRickLarsen
Larson, John B. (CT-1)          @RepJohnLarson
Lee, Barbara (CA-9)          @RepBarbaraLee
Levin, Sander (MI-12)          @repsandylevin
Lewis, John (GA-5)          @repjohnlewis
Lipinski, Daniel (IL-3)          Doesn't Tweet 
Loebsack, David (IA-2)          @daveloebsack
Lofgren, Zoe (CA-16)          @RepZoeLofgren
Lowey, Nita (NY-18)          @NitaLowey
Lujan, Ben R. (NM-3)          @repbenraylujan
Lynch, Stephen F. (MA-9)          @RepStephenLynch
Maloney, Carolyn (NY-14)          @CarolynBMaloney
Markey, Ed (MA-7)          @MarkeyMemo
Matheson, Jim (UT-2)          @RepJimMatheson
Matsui, Doris O. (CA-5)          @DorisMatsui
McCarthy, Carolyn (NY-4)          @RepMcCarthyNY
McCollum, Betty (MN-4)          @BettyMcCollum04
McDermott, Jim (WA-7)          @RepJimMcDermott
McGovern, James (MA-3)          @RepMcGovern
McIntyre, Mike (NC-7)          @RepMikeMcIntyre
McNerney, Jerry (CA-11)          @RepMcNerney
Meeks, Gregory W. (NY-6)          @GregoryMeeks
Michaud, Michael (ME-2)          @RepMikeMichaud
Miller, Brad (NC-13) *          @RepBradMiller
Miller, George (CA-7)          @askgeorge
Moore, Gwen (WI-4)          @RepGwenMoore
Moran, James (VA-8)          @Jim_Moran
Murphy, Christopher S. (CT-5) *          @ChrisMurphyDC
Nadler, Jerrold (NY-8)          @RepJerryNadler
Napolitano, Grace (CA-38)          @gracenapolitano
Neal, Richard E. (MA-2)          @RepRichardNeal
Norton, Eleanor Holmes (DC)          @EleanorNorton
Olver, John (MA-1) *          @RepJohnOlver
Owens, Bill (NY-23)          @BillOwensNY
Pallone Jr., Frank (NJ-6)          @FrankPallone
Pascrell Jr., Bill (NJ-8)          @BillPascrell 
Pastor, Ed (AZ-4)          Doesn't Tweet 
Payne Jr., Donald (NJ-10)          @Payne10thNJ
Pelosi, Nancy (CA-8)          @NancyPelosi
Perlmutter, Ed (CO-7)          @RepPerlmutter
Peters, Gary (MI-9)          @RepGaryPeters
Peterson, Collin C. (MN-7)          Doesn't Tweet 
Pingree, Chellie (ME-1)          @chelliepingree
Polis, Jared (CO-2)          @RepPolisPress
Price, David (NC-4)          @RepDavidEPrice
Quigley, Mike (IL-5)          @RepMikeQuigley
Rahall, Nick (WV-3)          Doesn't Tweet  
Rangel, Charles B. (NY-15)          @cbrangel
Reyes, Silvestre (TX-16) *          @SilvestreReyes
Richardson, Laura (CA-37)          @RepLRichardson
Richmond, Cedric (LA-2)          @RepRichmond
Ross, Mike (AR-4) *          @RepMikeRoss
Rothman, Steven (NJ-9) *          @CongRothman
Roybal-Allard, Lucille (CA-34)          @RepRoybalAllard
Ruppersberger, Dutch (MD-2)          @Call_Me_Dutch
Rush, Bobby L. (IL-1)          @RepBobbyRush
Ryan, Tim (OH-17)          @RepTimRyan
Sablan, Gregorio           Doesn't Tweet  
Sanchez, Linda (CA-39)          @RepLindaSanchez
Sanchez, Loretta (CA-47)          @LorettaSanchez
Sarbanes, John P. (ME-3)          @RepJohnSarbanes
Schakowsky, Jan (IL-9)          @janschakowsky
Schiff, Adam (CA-29)          @RepAdamSchiff
Schrader, Kurt (OR-5)          @RepSchrader
Schwartz, Allyson Y. (PA-13)          Doesn't Tweet 
Scott, David (GA-13)          @repdavidscott
Scott, Robert C. (VA-3)          @repbobbyscott
Serrano, José E. (NY-16)          @RepJoseSerrano
Sewell, Terri A. (AL-7)          @RepTerriSewell
Sherman, Brad (CA-27)          @BradSherman
Shuler, Heath (NC-11) *          @shuler4congress
Sires, Albio (NJ-13)          @Rep_Albio_Sires
Slaughter, Louise (NY-28)          @louiseslaughter
Smith, Adam (WA-9)          Rep_Adam_Smith
Speier, Jackie (CA-12)          @RepSpeier
Stark, Fortney Pete (CA-13) *          Doesn't Tweet
Sutton, Betty (OH-13) *          @BettySutton
Thompson, Bennie G. (MS-2)          @BennieGThompson
Thompson, Mike (CA-1)          Doesn't Tweet  
Tierney, John (MA-6)          @RepTierney
Tonko, Paul D. (NY-21)          @paultonko
Towns, Edolphus (NY-10) *          @EdTowns
Tsongas, Niki (MA-5)          @nikiinthehouse
Van Hollen, Chris (MD-8)          @ChrisVanHollen
Velázquez, Nydia M. (NY-12)          @NydiaVelazquez
Visclosky, Peter (IN-1)          @RepVisclosky
Walz, Timothy J. (MN-1)          Doesn't Tweet  
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (FL-20)          @DWStweets
Waters, Maxine (CA-35)          @MaxineWaters
Watt, Mel (NC-12)          @MelWattNC12
Waxman, Henry (CA-30)          @WaxmanClimate
Welch, Peter (VT)          @RepPeterWelch
Wilson, Frederica (FL-17)          @RepWilson
Woolsey, Lynn (CA-6) *           @RepLynnWoolsey
Yarmuth, John A. (KY-3)          @RepJohnYarmuth

Republicans
(In Alphabetical Order)


Adams, Sandy (FL-24)          @RepSandyAdams
Aderholt, Robert (AL-4)          @Robert_Aderholt
Akin, Todd (MO-2) *          @RepToddAkin
Alexander, Rodney (LA-5)          @USRepAlexander
Amash, Justin (MI-3)          @repjustinamash
Amodei, Mark (NV-2)          @MarkAmodeiNV2
Austria, Steve (OH-7) *          @SteveAustria
Bachmann, Michele (MN-6)          @MicheleBachmann
Bachus, Spencer (AL-6)          @BachusAL06
Barletta, Lou (PA-11)          @RepLouBarletta
Bartlett, Roscoe (MD-6) *          Doesn't Tweet
Barton, Joe (TX-6)          @RepJoeBarton
Bass, Charles (NH-2) *          @RepCharlesBass
Benishek, Dan (MI-1)          @CongressmanDan
Berg, Rick (ND) *          @RepRickBerg
Biggert, Judy (IL-13) *          @JudyBiggert
Bilbray, Brian P. (CA-50) *          @BilbrayCA50
Bilirakis, Gus M. (FL-9)          @RepGusBilirakis
Bishop, Rob (UT-1)          @RepRobBishop
Black, Diane (TN-6)          @RepDianeBlack
Blackburn, Marsha (TN-7)          @MarshaBlackburn
Boehner, John A. (OH-8)          @SpeakerBoehner
Bonner, Jo (AL – 1)          @RepJoBonner
Bono, Mary (CA-45) *          @MaryBonoMack
Boustany Jr., Charles W. (LA-7) *          @RepBoustany
Brady, Kevin (TX-8)          @RepKevinBrady
Brooks, Mo (AL-5)          @RepMoBrooks
Broun, Paul C. (GA-10)          @RepPaulBrounMD
Buchanan, Vern (FL-13)          @VernBuchanan
Bucshon, Larry (IN-8)          @RepLarryBucshon
Buerkle, Ann Marie (NY-25) *          @RepBuerkle
Burgess, Michael (TX-26)          @michaelcburgess
Burton, Dan (IN-5) *          @RepDanBurton
Calvert, Ken (CA-44)          @KenCalvert
Camp, Dave (MI-4)          @RepDaveCamp
Campbell, John (CA-48)          @RepJohnCampbell
Canseco, Francisco (TX-23) *          @RepCanseco
Cantor, Eric (VA-7)          @GOPLeader
Capito, Shelley Moore (WV-2)          @RepShelley
Carter, John (TX-31)          @JudgeCarter
Cassidy, William (LA-6)          Doesn't Tweet
Chabot, Steve (OH-1)          @RepSteveChabot
Chaffetz, Jason (UT-3)          @jasoninthehouse
Coble, Howard (NC-6)          @HowardCoble
Coffman, Mike (CO-6)          @RepMikeCoffman
Cole, Tom (OK-4)          @tomcoleok04
Conaway, K. Michael (TX-11)          @ConawayTX11
Cravaack, Chip (MN-8) *          @RepChipCravaack
Crawford, Rick (AR-1)          @RepRickCrawford
Crenshaw, Ander (FL-4)          @AnderCrenshaw
Culberson, John (TX-7)          Doesn't Tweet
Denham, Jeff (CA-19)          @RepJeffDenham
Dent, Charles W. (PA-15)          @DentforCongress
DesJarlais, Scott (TN-4)          @DesJarlaisTN04
Diaz-Balart, Mario (FL-21)          @MarioDB
Dold, Robert (IL-10) *          @RepDold
Dreier, David (CA-26) *          Doesn't Tweet
Duffy, Sean P. (WI-7)          @RepSeanDuffy
Duncan Jr., John J. (TN-2)          Doesn't Tweet
Duncan, Jeff (SC-3)          @RepJeffDuncan
Ellmers, Renee (NC-2)          @RepReneeEllmers
Emerson, Jo Ann (MO-8)          @JoAnnEmerson
Farenthold, Blake (TX-27)          @farenthold
Fincher, Stephen (TN-7)          @RepFincherTN08
Fitzpatrick, Michael G. (PA-8)          @RepFitzpatrick
Flake, Jeff (AZ-6) *          @JeffFlake
Fleischmann, Chuck (TN-3)          @RepChuck
Fleming, John (LA-4)          @RepFleming
Flores, Bill (TX-17)          @RepBillFlores
Forbes, J. Randy (VA-4)          @Randy_Forbes
Fortenberry, Jeff (NE-1)          @JeffFortenberry
Foxx, Virginia (NC-5)          @virginiafoxx
Franks, Trent (AZ-2)          @RepTrentFranks
Frelinghuysen, Rodney (NJ-11)          Doesn't Tweet
Gallegly, Elton (CA-24) *          @eltongallegly24
Gardner, Cory (CO-4)          @repcorygardner
Garrett, Scott (NJ-5)          @RepGarrett
Gerlach, Jim (PA-6)          @JimGerlach
Gibbs, Bob (OH-18)          @RepBobGibbs
Gibson, Chris (NY-20)          @RepChrisGibson
Gingrey, Phil (GA-11)          @RepPhilGingrey
Gohmert, Louie (TX-1)          @replouiegohmert
Goodlatte, Bob (VA-6)          @RepGoodlatte
Gosar, Paul A. (AZ-1)          @RepGosar
Gowdy, Trey (SC-4)          @TGowdySC
Granger, Kay (TX-12)          @RepKayGranger
Graves, Sam (MO-6)          @SmallBizGOP
Graves, Tom (GA-9)          @RepTomGraves
Griffin, Tim (AR-2)          @RepTimGriffin
Griffith, Morgan (VA-9)          @RepMGriffith
Grimm, Michael (NY-13)          @repmichaelgrimm
Guinta, Frank (NH-1) *          @RepFrankGuinta
Guthrie, S. Brett (KY-2)          @RepGuthrie
Hall, Ralph M. (TX-4)          Doesn't Tweet
Hanna, Richard (NY-24)          @RepRichardHanna
Harper, Gregg (MS-3)          @GreggHarper
Harris, Andy (MD-1)          Doesn't Tweet
Hartzler, Vicky (MO-4)          @RepHartzler
Hastings, Doc (WA-4)          @DocHastings
Hayworth, Nan (NY-19) *          @RepNanHayworth
Heck, Joe (NV-3)          @RepJoeHeck
Hensarling, Jeb (TX-5)          @RepHensarling
Herger, Wally (CA-2) *          @RepWallyHerger
Herrera Beutler, Jaime (WA-3)          @HerreraBeutler
Huelskamp, Tim (KS-1)          @CongHuelskamp
Huizenga, Bill (MI-2)          @RepHuizenga
Hultgren, Randy (IL-14)          @RepHultgren
Hunter, Duncan D. (CA-52)          Doesn't Tweet
Hurt, Robert (VA-5)          @RepRobertHurt
Issa, Darrell (CA-49)          @DarrellIssa
Jenkins, Lynn (KS-2)          @RepLynnJenkins
Johnson, Bill (OH-6)          @RepBillJohnson
Johnson, Sam (TX-3)          @SamsPressShop
Johnson, Timothy V. (IL-15) *          @RepTimJohnson
Jones, Walter B. (NC-3)          @RepWalterJones
Jordan, Jim (OH-4)          @Jim_Jordan
Kelly, Mike (PA-3)          @MikeKellyPA
King, Pete (NY-3)          @RepPeteKing
King, Steve (IA-5)          @SteveKingIA
Kingston, Jack (GA-1)          @JackKingston
Kinzinger, Adam (IL-11)          @RepKinzinger
Kline, John (MN-2)          @repjohnkline
Labrador, Raul R. (ID-1)          @Raul_Labrador
Lamborn, Doug (CO-5)          @RepDLamborn
Lance, Leonard (NJ-7)          @RepLanceNJ7
Landry, Jeffrey (LA-3) *          @repjefflandry
Lankford, James (OK-5)          @RepLankford
Latham, Tom (IA-4)          @TomLatham
LaTourette, Steven C. (OH-14)          @SteveLaTourette
Latta, Robert E. (OH-5)          @boblatta
Lewis, Jerry (CA-41)          @RepJerryLewis
LoBiondo, Frank (NJ-2)          @RepLoBiondo
Long, Billy (MO-7)          @auctnr1
Lucas, Frank (OK-3)          Doesn't Tweet
Luetkemeyer, Blaine (MO-9)          Doesn't Tweet
Lummis, Cynthia M. (WY)          @CynthiaLummis
Lungren, Daniel E. (CA-3) *          @RepDanLungren
Mack, Connie (FL-14) *          @RepConnieMack
Manzullo, Donald (IL-16) *          @donmanzullo
Marchant, Kenny (TX-24)          @RepKenMarchant
Marino, Tom (PA10)          @RepTomMarino
Massie, Thomas (KY-4)          @ThomasMassieKY
McCarthy, Kevin (CA-22)          @GOPWhip
McCaul, Michael T. (TX-10)          @McCaulPressShop
McClintock, Tom (CA-4)          @RepMcClintock
McHenry, Patrick T. (NC-10)          @PatrickMcHenry
McKeon, Buck (CA-25)          @BuckMcKeon
McKinley, David (WV-1)          @RepMcKinley
McMorris Rodgers, Cathy (WA-5)          @cathymcmorris
Meehan, Pat (PA-7)          @RepMeehan
Mica, John (FL-7)          Doesn't Tweet
Miller, Candice (MI-10)          @CandiceMiller
Miller, Gary (CA-42)          @RepGaryMiller
Miller, Jeff (FL-1)          Doesn't Tweet
Mulvaney, Mick (SC-5)          @RepMickMulvaney
Murphy, Tim (PA-18)          @RepTimMurphy
Myrick, Sue (NC-9) *          @SueMyrick
Neugebauer, Randy (TX-19)          @RandyNeugebauer
Noem, Kristi (SD)          @RepKristiNoem
Nugent, Richard (FL-5)          @RepRichNugent
Nunes, Devin (CA-21)          @Rep_DevinNunes
Nunnelee, Alan (MS-1)          @RepAlanNunnelee
Olson, Pete (TX-22)          @OlsonPressShop
Palazzo, Steven (MS-4)          @CongPalazzo
Paul, Ron (TX-14) *          @RepRonPaul
Paulsen, Erik (MN-3)          @RepErikPaulsen
Pearce, Steve (NM-2)          @RepStevePearce
Pence, Mike (IN-6) *          @RepMikePence
Petri, Thomas (WI-6)          Doesn't Tweet
Pitts, Joseph R. (PA-16)          @RepJoePitts
Platts, Todd (PA-19) *          Doesn't Tweet
Poe, Ted (TX-2)          @JudgeTedPoe
Pompeo, Mike (KS-4)          @RepMikePompeo
Posey, Bill (FL-15)          @congbillposey
Price, Tom (GA-6)          @RepTomPrice
Quayle, Ben (AZ-3) *          @benquayle
Reed, Tom (NY-29)          @RepTomReed
Rehberg, Dennis (MT) *          Doesn't Tweet
Reichert, David G. (WA-8)          @davereichert
Renacci, Jim (OH-16)          @RepJimRenacci
Ribble, Reid (WI-8)          @RepRibble
Rigell, Scott (VA-2)          @RepScottRigell
Rivera, David (FL-25) *          @RepRivera
Roby, Martha (AL-2)          @RepMarthaRoby
Roe, Phil (TN-1)          @DrPhilRoe
Rogers (AL), Mike (AL-3)          @RepMikeRogersAL
Rogers (MI), Mike (MI-8)          @RepMikeRogers
Rogers, Harold (KY-5)          @RepHalRogers
Rohrabacher, Dana (CA-46)          @DanaRohrabacher
Rokita, Todd (IN-4)          @ToddRokita
Rooney, Tom (FL-16)          @TomRooney
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (FL-18)          @RosLehtinen
Roskam, Peter J. (IL-6)          @PeterRoskam
Ross, Dennis (FL-12)          @RepDennisRoss
Royce, Ed (CA-40)          @RepEdRoyce
Runyan, Jon (NJ-3)          @RepJonRunyan
Ryan, Paul (WI-1)          @RepPaulRyan
Scalise, Steve (LA-1)          Doesn't Tweet
Schilling, Bobby (IL-17) *          @RepSchilling
Schmidt, Jean (OH-2) *          Doesn't Tweet
Schock, Aaron (IL-18)          @repaaronschock
Schweikert, David (AZ-5) *          @RepDavid
Scott, Austin (GA-8)          @AustinScottGA08
Scott, Tim (SC-1)          @RepTimScott
Sensenbrenner, F. James (WI-5)          @JimPressOffice
Sessions, Pete (TX-32)          @PeteSessions
Shimkus, John (IL-19)          @RepShimkus
Shuster, Bill (PA-9)          @RepBillShuster
Simpson, Mike (ID-2)          @CongMikeSimpson
Smith, Adrian (NE-3)          @RepAdrianSmith
Smith, Chris (NJ-4)          Doesn't Tweet
Smith, Lamar (TX-21)          @LamarSmithTX21
Southerland, Steve (FL-2)          @Rep_Southerland
Stearns, Cliff (FL-6) *          @RepCliffStearns
Stivers, Steve (OH-15)          @RepSteveStivers
Stutzman, Marlin (IN-3)          @RepStutzman
Sullivan, John (OK-1) *          @USRepSullivan
Terry, Lee (NE-2)          @LEETERRYNE
Thompson, Glenn W. (PA-5)          @CongressmanGT
Thornberry, Mac (TX-13)          @MacTXPress
Tiberi, Pat (OH-12)          @TiberiPress
Tipton, Scott (CO-3)          @RepTipton
Turner, Michael (OH-3)          @RepMikeTurner
Turner, Robert (NY-9)          @USRepBobTurner
Upton, Fred (MI-6)          @RepFredUpton
Walberg, Tim (MI-7)          @RepWalberg
Walden, Greg (OR-2)          @repgregwalden
Walsh, Joe (IL-8) *          @RepJoeWalsh
Webster, Daniel (FL-8)          @RepWebster
West, Allen (FL-22) *          @AllenWest
Westmoreland, Lynn A. (GA-3)          @repwestmoreland
Whitfield, Ed (KY-1)          @RepEdWhitfield
Wilson, Joe (SC-2)          @USRepJoeWilson
Wittman, Robert J. (VA-1)          @RobWittman
Wolf, Frank (VA-10)          @RepWOLFPress
Womack, Steve (AR-3)          @rep_stevewomack
Woodall, Robert (GA-7)          @votewoodall
Yoder, Kevin (KS-3)          @RepKevinYoder
Young, C.W. Bill (FL-10)          Doesn't Tweet
Young, Don (AK)          @repdonyoung
Young, Todd (IN-9)          @RepToddYoung

* These members either changed districts or will no longer be part of the 113th Congress House of Representatives.