we ve sent two pieces of legislation, the bipartisan background checks act and the expanded background checks act to the senate, and, look, i am certainly hopeful that mitch mcconnell will do something. i don t trust what that something is. but we have a responsibility to protect people. and the gun violence madness has to be brought to an end. and as someone who s spent my entire legislative career focused on passing safety legislation to keep people safe from harm that could come to them accidently or through no-fault of their own, the least we can do in an issue that draws the support of nine out of ten republicans and nine out of ten gun owners is make sure that no one who shouldn t have a gun by law can get one and close all the loopholes. that s on mitch mcconnell and so is the blood on his hands with every subsequent mass shooting that occurs if he refuses to pass comprehensive background check legislation.
background checks act. a press relief from gun violence, chairman mike thompson says both these bipartisan bills were passed by the house in february of this year. it has been blocked for a vote by mcconnell for more than 160 days. we want to go to dayton, ohio, the mayor is speaking at the press at dayton s city mayor. i was here on sunday and much of the afternoon with the mayor and the police chief and we saw some of the first responders that saves lives. we met all police officers who saves the lives of dozens of people. both of us spoke with the president right when he got off air force one. both the mayor and i ask the president to call on senator mcconnell to bring the senate back in session this week to tell the senate that he wants to
scene in texas. presidential p candidate beto o rourke tweeted, this president, who helped create the hatred should not come to el paso. we do not need more division, we need to heal. he has no place here. from my perspective, he is not welcome here. he should not come here while we are in h mourning. house speaker pelosi and chuck schumeran are calling to cancel the august recess in the wake of the shooting. stating this, in february, the new democratic house majority promptly did its duty and passed the bipartisan background checks act of 2019 which is supported byis more than 90% of american people and proven to save lives. however, mitch mcconnell has calledcc himself the grim reape
the house, have called on the senate to end their summer recess, get back to washington d.c. and take up that piece of legislation that you just described which is known as the bipartisan background checks act of 2019. it passed in february. would call for background checks on private gun sales. meaning when someone has a gun and sell it to another to have a background check at that point. pelosi and schumer called for mcconnell to bring that legislation to the floor asap. they said the following as well about the president s remarks earlier today saying when he can t mention guns while talking about gun violence, it shows the president remains prisoner to the gun lobby and the nra. the public must demand passage of this legislation for the safety of our children. we heard from the democratic presidential hopefuls saying the
the previous year. the house did pass gun legislation three weeks ago. the background checks act of 2019 pl every gun transfer including gun shows and online, a second bill would help change the charleston loophole, his background check was not completed within three days. the current law allows you to buy that gun if the fbi does not allow you to do so. the legislation still needs to be brought up in the senate, the bills are likely to be blocked and they have threatened to veto both measures. his 7-year-old son daniel was a vuk time of the sandy hook shooting in 2012. also joining us nick last