During testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on civilian access to military-style assault weapons, Highland Park, Illinois, Mayor Nancy Rotering called on Congress to immediately…
1,999 viewsIn a 65-33 vote, the Senate approved a bipartisan bill intended to reduce gun violence. The legislation expands background checks for gun buyers 21 or younger, provides grants to states for …
View in Congressional Chronicle3,257 viewsA father who lost his son in the 2018 Parkland, Florida, mass school shooting, a pediatrician, and the Phoenix police chief were among a group of people who testified before the Senate Judic…
1,239 viewsLaw enforcement officials and firearms experts testified on gun violence prevention efforts before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. The hearing focused primarily on the…
1,930 viewsPublic health and law enforcement officials and community advocates testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on ways to reduce gun violence. The hearing was held in the wake of a mass…
4,430 viewsLaw enforcement and mental health officials testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about proposed legislation that would allow federal courts to either temporarily or permanently ba…
12,825 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing to examine school safety in response to the deadly February 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Members heard from the fat…
4,730 viewsMembers of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee heard from the relatives of victims and survivors of gun violence, including people connected to the most recent school s…
1,894 viewsPresident Trump and a bipartisan group of lawmakers talked about ways to prevent gun violence in communities and schools. In his comments he advocated for legislation that would expand backg…
26,436 viewsIn the weekly Democratic address, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) talked about school shootings and preventing gun violence. The most recent school shooting occurred in Parkland, Florida, in…
220 viewsOfficials from the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the U.S. Air Force testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed legislation from Ranking Member Diann…
8,123 viewsSenator Feinstein talked about gun rights and gun control on “Face the Nation.” Earlier in the week, more than 50 people were killed and nearly 500 injured in a Las Vegas mass shooting.
820 viewsSenate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) spoke to reporters about her bill Introduced in response to a mass shooting in Las Vegas. It would outlaw bump stock devices…
851 viewsDuring a news conference Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) said he is sadly going to have to tell 49 grieving families, the families of victims still in the hospital and an Orlando community trying…
4,323 viewsSenators Boxer, Toomey, Grassley, Nelson, and Murphy debated gun control amendments.
178 viewsSenate Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-VA) and House Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) debated their gun control amendments. Senator Feinstein’s amendment would a…
9,034 viewsSenator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) talked about the terrorist watch aspect of gun control legislation. This was a brief portion of a live interview with John Dickerson on CBS’s “Face the Nat…
500 viewsA group of Senate Democrats held a news conference to talk about their legislation to expand gun control laws. One speaker was Senator Chris Murphy (CT) who led a nearly 15-hour filibuster t…
2,111 viewsSenator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) spoke to reporters about competing gun control bills being considered in off-the-floor talks by her colleagues. The senator had just been at a closed-door bri…
527 viewsAttorney General Loretta Lynch and other witnesses testified at a hearing on President Obama’s executive actions on gun control. Attorney General Lynch emphasized that the president’s execut…
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