Were killed in Mass Shootings in this country while we were on the august recess when we should have been here doing our job. 100 americans are killed every day from gun violence. There are 100 desks in this room. There are 100 chairs behind each one of those desks. And if these were the americans killed by gun violence, they would add up to every single desk thats in this room. And yet the majority leader didnt bring us back during the august recess, didnt say we should cancel our vacation and come back to work for the American People, hasnt put a bill on the floor or given the opportunity for anybody else to put a bill on the floor now that weve been back in session for the last two months. In colorado alone in the last 1 months weve 18 months weve lost 882 people to gun violence. Thats a record in my state, madam president. Ifthe house of representatives s done their job. More than 200 days ago they passed background checks over there, and we havent even taken them up over here. Thi
Mr. Bennet madam president , id ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Bennet thank you, madam president. Last month over 50 americans were killed in Mass Shootings in this country while we were on the august recess when we should have been here doing our job. 100 americans are killed every day from gun violence. There are 100 desks in this room. There are 100 chairs behind each one of those desks. And if these were the americans killed by gun violence, they would add up to every single desk thats in this room. And yet the majority leader didnt bring us back during the august recess, didnt say we should cancel our vacation and come back to work for the American People, hasnt put a bill on the floor or given the opportunity for anybody else to put a bill on the floor now that weve been back in session for the last two months. In colorado alone in the last 1 months weve 18 months weve lost 882 people to gun violence. Thats a record in my state, mada
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Provider. Next, testimony from officials with the atf and the air force on proposed firearm regulations. And updating the criminal background check system. The measure proposes banning bump stocks and similar devices that enable guns to fire as fast as an automatic weapon. Senator Dianne Feinstein is the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary committee. She introduced the legislatio and thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts of an evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs and those two places get all the attention, but theres lesser numbers of people who have died other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1st, 2017, few americans knew what a bump stock was. Then a shooter used bump stocks to fire more than 1,100 rounds into a crowd attending a
Good morning everybody. And thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts by evil men in las vegas and southern springs, and those two places get all the attention, but there is lesser number of people have died other places as well. Today, with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1st, 2017, few americans new whatknew what a b stock was. Then a shooter used bump stocks to fire more than 1100 rounds into a crowd attending a Country Music concert. The shooting lasted only ten minutes. The bump stocks enabled this person to fire oammunition as i he had used an automatic weapon. 58 people died. 500 wounded. It was the deadliest mass shooting in our history. Our laws prohibit the manufacturer of machine guns, for decades and decades thats been the case, and greatly restrict their sale.