An entire generation of kids is being traumatized by gun violence.
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The Upward Bound program... has been such a wonderful program, helped so many kids in my State of West Virginia.
I would hope you all would look at that seriously about using the one tool you have, which is the money that goes to them if they are going to use it to protect our children.
We did a bill at that time, which is a background check, but we had school safety in that background, the Manchin-Toomey bill.
On behalf of the great people of West Virginia and my entire State, our deepest sympathy to the families of the children and the teachers who were lost in Uvalde in a horrible tragedy.
I do not think I'm in the minority when I say that it is unconscionable that the 87 percent of Americans who do not have Federal student loans would get stuck with the bill for this political giveaway.
What Americans really need right now is relief from crushing inflation, not more bad policies that will only further drive up inflation.
I hope we can set partisan politics aside and pass a bill with meaningful investments that support fair access to quality education for all students.
If you really want to make college expensive, make it free, and have the Federal Government pay the bill.
Senators Manchin and Toomey (R-PA) introduced a bill to ensure that what happened in West Virginia could never happen again.
Let me reiterate that for you and for my colleagues: student loan forgiveness, as it's currently being considered and discussed, would largely benefit those who do not truly need it.
It is really unconscionable that the 85 percent of Americans who do not have Federal student loans would be stuck with the bill for this political giveaway.
Student loan forgiveness, as it is currently being considered and discussed, would greatly benefit those who truly are not in need of it.
The Committee for Responsible Federal Budget estimates that student loan forgiveness would cost at least $230 billion.
You know, talking about bans, I wouldn't have a problem on looking at some of these things. What is the necessity? Tell me what the purpose is, and let's use them for those purposes.
Here, you want to look at two things that could have prevented this -- an age requirement would have prevented an 18-year-old and basically a Red Flag Law that is basically intended to try to help a person get some mental help.
I have never been in his frame of mind. I can`t get my grandchildren out of my mind. This time around, it feels very different.
If we are talking about delays and bureaucracies and shortages of resources that you have sited, it seems to me that if you are dealing with the same species in relatively the same type of habitat, that mirroring this just makes total…