it forms the timing of how we go forward. so, again, that was the last i heard from them. let me just say on gun violence protection prevention, we re not going away until we get legislation signed into law that protects our children. i said to the president on another occasion on the 200th day, chuck schumer and i called the president on that that was a couple of sundays ago, i think like the 15th of september, maybe two-and-a-half weeks ago, that was the 200th day since we sent over hr-8. i said to the president, i pray for you and the safety of you and your family. and i hope that god will pray good will give you illumination. an enlightenment to pray to work for the safety of other families in our country. so again the most recent, i m not going to say the last. i hope it s not the last. but the most recent communications i ve had from the
last tuesday. so we can segue from one subject to the next here. he called early that morning to say how happy i would be to see the progress that he was making on coming to agreement on gun violence prevention. i was curious about what that progress could be. he said he was working with democrats and republicans. i don t know of any i reminded him that we had sent a bill over to the senate, hr-8 and hr-1112. two pieces of legislation that would save the most lives. i had hoped whatever he was talking about was close to that oh, yes, are you going to be very pleased. that s the last i heard of that. at that point that is when the president segued into the telephone call in which he admitted that this call took place and that what happened was perfect. i didn t say, i said, it s not perfect. it s wrong. but youred a mention to what has now been in the public domain,
your admission as to what s been in the public domain informs the timing of how we go forward. again, that was the last i heard from them. let me just say on gun violenpr we re not going away until we get legislation signed into law that protects our children. i said to the president on another occasion, on the 200th day, chuck schumer and i called the president on that, that was a couple of sundays ago. i think like the 15th of september, maybe 2 1/2 weeks ago. that was the 200th day since we sent over hr-8. i said to the president, i pray for you and the safety of you and your family and pray god will give you an illumination, an enlightenment to pray, to work for the safety of other families in our country. so, again, the most recent i m not going to say the last. i hope it s not the last. but the most recent
tuesday. so we can segue from one subject to the next here, he called early that morning to say how happy i would be to see the progress that he was making on coming to agreement on gun violence prevention. i was curious about what that progress could be. said he was working with democrats and republicans. i don t know of any i reminded him we had sent a bill over to the senate, hr-8 and hr-1112 that would save the most lives and i would hope whatever he was talking about was very close to that. oh, yes, you re going to be. reporter: pleased. that s the last i heard on that. at that point is when the president segued into the telephone call in which he admitted that this call took place and that what happened was perfect. i said, mr. president, it s not perfect. it s wrong.
and more than 22,000 gun injuries. so enough is enough. the house has done its job, actually. we have passed legislation. and i m looking at leader mcconnell and the senate republicans and calling on them to pass this legislation. 90% of americans support it, so we can make our communities and families safer. congressman, correct me if i m wrong, it s not necessarily clear that any of the proposed measures the senate has not taken up, it s not clear that would have prevented this particular shooting in las vegas. one thing that might have prevented it, a mandatory buyback aimed at assault weapons, something that beto o rourke has called for, this mandatory buyback. do you agree with that, do you support a mandatory buyback of support weapons? what i support is a comprehensive approach that includes universal background checks, hr 8, making sure we ban