Mark Takano: “Over and over again my colleagues have pleaded with the majority to give us a vote on legislation that will protect…”

“Over and over again my colleagues have pleaded with the majority to give us a vote on legislation that will protect Americans from gun violence. Those pleas and the pleas of millions of Americans continue to be ignored. So instead of my words, I am going to read the words of Tina Meins, whose father, Damian, was killed in San Bernardino last year: ``There is room in this national debate for reason, for compromise and for compassion,'' she wrote. ``Let us find common ground. Let's not be paralyzed because proposed solutions will not be perfect. If one person can be saved, isn't it worth the effort to fix this? Let's work together, please, for the good of everyone.'' Well, Tina speaks for me, and she speaks for the thousands of families who have lost loved ones to gun violence in America. ____________________”