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As the three of us have discussed, we have more to do. i also want to thank the bipartisan group of senators who worked hard to get this done. especially senators murphy and sender cinnamon and telis. i hope i didnt get you in trouble mentioning your name. and all of the members of congress who worked with us during this time and 80 are in attendance today. and i am sorry some senators cannot be here because they are working from home and overcoming mild cases of covid. i know how hard it was to...

You. >> let me finish my comments. >> let them talk. make no mistake about it, this legislation is progress but more has to be done. the provision of this new legislation is going to save lives. it is proof that with todays politics we can come together on a bipartisan basis and get things done, even on issues as toughest guns. one more thing, its a call to action to all of us to do more. to take away from the legislation, it is not what we can do. the take up way is that now we are opening to g...

We had 14 republicans join in supporting this bill. the billions of dollars of investment in community mental health, obviously strengthening background checks for 18 to 21-year-olds, closing the so-called boyfriend loophole. there is also additional penalties for trafficking in guns, for so-called straw purchasers, that i think will be important and one of the things important to my home community and many others is $250 million for violence interruption programs, something that has been proven...

Of connecticut, senator sinema of arizona, senators cornyn and tillis, who republicans who helped lead this, senator klobuchar of minnesota long led efforts on closing the boyfriend loophole. and this time it was difficult. it nearly dropped out several times. there is a way that one can appeal to get their gun restored. there was a tragic case in delaware, involving a so-called red flag law, where someone had their guns removed and then on appeal had them returned and used that exact weapon in ...

U.s. senator in 2018 right after the parkland shooting, he was trying to get comprehensive gun reform passed. so i asked him about the current gun legislation, the bipartisan deal that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are trying to work out, if he thinks it will actually happen this time. take a listen. >> this country has gotten so partisan, they cant even have a common sense discussion about what we can do together and find that common ground. its incredibly difficult. i really applaud sen...

Licensee, which would force background checks. they have to avoid the past disagreements that scuttled them. still remains optimism. they found a way to do that. there is a break through moving forward. the republican senators will be key here, sound quite optimistic about getting there. lets have a legsen to what self of them have to say. are you optimistic? >> yeah, i am. its a good piece of legislation. >> the bill looks like its in the best posture to get passed. >> i think senators murphy a...

The framework includes improved background checks to those under 21 years old, and allocating funds for mental health treatment, among other measures.

>> i hope these 21 lives in uvalde are the catalyst to see something done in washington. im hopeful that senators murphy and cornyn are able to get something done. yes, the far left is not going to like what they do. the far right is not going to like what they do, and it is not going to be enough, but this is a multifactorial problem that requires us to do many things. we should applaud the senators if theyre able to get that bipartisan piece of work. that could be able to begin a process where...