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Radio Station WHMI 93.5 FM Livingston County Michigan News, Weather, Traffic, Sports, School Updates, and the Best Classic Hits for Howell, Brighton, Fenton
nbc s julie tsirkin is on the hill with new action this afternoon. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, that s right, chris. i actually just sat down with congresswoman slotkin, who was in a press conference with two students from her district who survived shootings at oxford high school and michigan state university. she introduced a series of bills along with senator ed marquee here in the senate that would essentially have to do with firearm transfers. that s all they have to do with, and in addition, additional funds they want to see with the cdc to boost research for firearm safety and gun violence prevention. we sat down after that interview, and i asked her, when did you start working on these bills because of course she did not start working and after the nashville shooting monday, these are bills she has been working on since the shooting at michigan state that happened in february. i sat down with her as well as the two students, dillon and daniel. take a listen to one por
slotkin. watch. they spent their last week banning books, and figuring out ways that communities can book books, and a book never shot anyone in the face. they have lost the plot. they are focusing on issues that are dog whistles, cultural issues to drum up political enthusiasm instead of focusing on protecting our children, and history will not reflect well on them and their party right now. reporter: chris, that was slotkin s response when i asked her if there s any assurances that her bill will get a vote on the floor. she sold me no, and when asked what president biden has called for, if congress will take action on assault weapons, she went into talking about what congressional republicans spent last week doing, which is to pass a series of parents rights bills, for schools, in addition to bills that would enable states to ban books, essentially. there you have it. not much movement on the gun