Carolyn Maloney: “The creation of the CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was a major victory for consumers.”

Following today's hearing House Democrats will continue to take bold action to stop the bloodshed. Later this week, we hope to vote on the first assault weapon ban in nearly 30 years.

You market weapons of war to civilians and children. You make millions by selling them.

So, in this moment where you, as lawmakers, have been given the green light to take away our power of our most personal decisions, I want to close by asking you this question: Who are you going to be? Will you sit in judgment of people who…

If we are able to comprehensively address this crisis, it will depend on getting dark money out of our political system and make democracy responsive to everyday Americans.