Brenda Lawrence: “Or for us as, legislators, to be able to utilize that information to show why our areas need funding or don't need…”

We must ensure that people have a fair right to elect their choice of elected officials that represent their values

My colleague on the other side used a term that I hear frequently when we start talking about gun violence in America, and he said, 'my God-given right.'

We have never passed comprehensive gun legislation in this country, and we need to do it now.

We at a time, we had the Wild, Wild West where every American walked around with a gun.