Carolyn Maloney: “There is no democracy without that. We are fighting for the very basis of democracy.”

The violence that took place at Club Q follows years of long efforts by some state lawmakers to erase LGBTQ+ people from school curriculum.

The fall of Roe v. Wade was the culmination of a decades-long effort by Republican politicians.

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.

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.