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that as we are having this discussion with you or several members with about guns that there s another mass shooting with fatalaties near san jose. we have worked hard, there are republicans like senator toomey who have worked on the background check issue. and tried to get that done, we know the vast majority of americans support rational gun you violence legislation joining us is senate thanks, rachel. so, obviously you were not preparing for this hearing today, knowing that there would be a mass shooting at the moment you were working to confirm the next person in charge of dealing with gun policies in this country. i wonder if that is going to affect the way that you and your colleagues have approached not just the hearing but the
person and i worked on the last confirmation from todd jones, he was from minnesota and i held the vote open for hours and i was able to convince republicans on support him. i m not sure that it will happen this time. we need to have somebody in place running that agency. i was struck in your remarks today and i wanted to play the clib of you talking to the nominee, that way today, because you singled out one of your republican colleagues, senator pat thyme, you said there are republicans like senate toomey who worked on the background check issue and tried to get it done. seems to me that you are signaling there, potentially that at least the background checks issue may not be over. that there might potential be some room to get reform on that narrow slice of gun policy? yes, senator chris murphy who has ban long-time advocate to take on gun violence, along with
members are about guns that there s another mass shooting with fatalities near san jose. we have worked hard, there are republicans like senator toomey who have worked on the background check issue and tried to get that done. we know the vast majority of americans support rational gun violence legislation. joining us now is senator amy luster. she s on the judiciary committee for president biden s nominee, it s great to see you thank so much for joining. thanks rachel. so obviously you weren t prepared for this hearing today knowing that there would be a mass shooting at the moment you are working to confirm the next person in charge of dealing with gun policies in this country. i wonder if that is going to affect the way that you and your colleagues approach not just hearing but this confirmation and the gun policy question today.
open for hours an hours almost entire day and i was able to convince republicans to support him. i m not sure that s gonna happen this time but the key is that we need to have someone in place running that agency. i was struck in your remarks today. i want to play that clip of you talking to the nominee, that way today. because you singled out one of your republican colleagues senator pat toomey. you said there are republicans that worked on the background check issue and try to get that done. seems to me that you are signaling they are potentially that at least the background checks issue might not be over. that there might potentially be some room to get some reform even on that narrow slice of gun policy? yes, senator chris murphy has spent such a long time advocate to take on gun violence along with senator blumenthal. senator murphy has been working with pet to me.