Ron Wyden: “I commend him for it, and I want the chairman and colleagues on both sides of the aisle to know I think we have an…”

What I'm committed to doing is getting both of these over the finish line.

The best way to honor these victims is to at long last pass common-sense gun laws that reduce the risks of more children, parents, teachers and staff forced to live in fear of similar nightmares for their schools.

These unsung heroes deserve recognition for their tireless efforts to keep our communities safe and healthy, and I’m honored to be leading this effort in Congress.

This interpretation is wildly inconsistent with the longstanding treatment of other provisions that use identical or near-identical language.