\u201cI wanted to remind people that we need to take action on this,\u201d Peters said in an interview with SDCNN. \u201cThe president did everything he could to enforce existing laws, but it\u2019s still going to leave a hole that Congress has to address.\u201d<\/p>\n Obama\u2019s executive actions, were predictably, roundly criticized by Republicans. Before the measures were even released, House Speaker Paul Ryan released a statement<\/a> excoriating the president for attempting to act where Congress would not.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile we don\u2019t yet know the details of the plan, the president is at minimum subverting the legislative branch, and potentially overturning its will,\u201d Ryan said in a statement. \u201cThis is a dangerous level of executive overreach and the country will not stand for it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt takes a lot of onions to criticize the president for strengthening existing laws,\u201d Peters responded, noting that his Republican colleagues have long insisted that enforcement of existing laws was the only remedy necessary for reducing the unprecedented rash of gun violence in recent years. \u201cEnforcement of existing laws is exactly what President Obama is trying to do. Ninety-percent of Americans think expanding background checks is a reasonable thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Rep. Darrell Issa (R-49) <\/strong>is convinced that FBI Director James Comey is chomping at the bit to indict former Secretary of State and current Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, along with her longtime aide Huma Abedin, for conducting State Department business via a private email server during Clinton\u2019s tenure.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the FBI director would like to indict both Hillary and Huma as we speak,\u201d Issa told the Washington Examiner<\/a>. \u201cI think he\u2019s in a position where he\u2019s being forced to triple-time make a case of what would otherwise be, what they call, a slam dunk.\u201d<\/p>\n Clinton stepped down as Secretary of State in 2012, after serving during the first of Barack Obama\u2019s two terms in office. Numerous Congressional investigations into potential violations of law have turned up empty. And while the State Department has determined that Clinton\u2019s emails did contain a handful of items with classified information, none of that information had been declared classified until well after the fact, in some cases years after the fact. Clinton turned her email server over to the FBI in August, and the Bureau continues to investigate, but to this point has announced no findings of wrongdoing on Clinton\u2019s or Abedin\u2019s part.<\/p>\n It should be noted that Issa has made such accusations before, most notably in relation to the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, where in his role as chair of the House Oversight committee Issa insisted there was evidence of criminal wrongdoing on Clinton\u2019s part that led to the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. After years of handwringing, no such evidence was ever found.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Cazador Duncan (R-50)<\/strong>, in a fit of hyperbole<\/a>, has determined that Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is a \u201cbigger threat to the Marine Corps than ISIS.\u201d<\/p>\n In December, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered all military combat positions be opened to women. The Marine Corps has insisted on maintaining some infantry positions for men only, while the other branches of the military have been working diligently to comply.<\/p>\n The Marines had conducted a study that found that integrated units underperformed in comparison to their all-male counterparts, but that study was rejected as flawed.<\/p>\n \u201cEvidently, to the White House, the findings within reports and surveys are subjects of convenience,\u201d Hunter wrote in an op-ed published on Fox News.<\/a> \u201cThey only matter when they conform to the broader agenda, otherwise they\u2019re meaningless. The dismissal of the Marine Corps and the special operations community in the gender integration process is proof of that fact.\u201d<\/p>\n Hunter, among others, made similar arguments in response to the repeal of \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell,\u201d insisting that allowing gay members of the military to serve openly would destroy unit cohesion and undermine the military\u2019s effectiveness. Our armed forces seem to have survived that sea change quite nicely, despite the dire predictions of Armageddon that preceded the end of that policy.<\/p>\n![\"us-congressional-seal\"](\"https:\/\/sandiegodowntownnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/us-congressional-seal.jpg\")
<\/a>The invitation came after Peters took to the floor of Congress over the course of several days to condemn Congress\u2019 lack of action on gun safety in the wake of a myriad of mass shootings, all taking place after the Sandy Hook Elementary school shootings on Dec. 14, 2012, where 20 elementary school children and six adults were killed by a lone, deranged gunman.<\/p>\n