There is no doubt that Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, has made Texas a more dangerous place for everyone.

It shocks the conscience that lawmakers who have a chance to do something, could change the situation, to improve things, would sit by and do nothing.

The American people have actually made up their minds on this issue. Ninety percent of the American people -- that means Republicans and Democrats alike -- overwhelmingly support things like universal background checks.

Greg Abbott made the state more dangerous over the last few years by allowing for permitless carry, basically no-questions-asked carrying a gun.

I don’t know how many kids have to die before someone wants to do something about it.

We have tried on background -- universal background checks, we have tried to make it harder for people who are mentally unfit to get weapons. Republicans have made it easier.

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I was glad to see President Biden promise to reverse that change during his campaign.

I remain concerned by the under-representation, for example, of Latino Americans at the State Department.

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Madam Speaker, the gun violence epidemic has horribly impacted American communities across the Nation. Texas is no exception, and neither was El Paso. In 2019 the El Paso community was shaken to its core when a crazed gunman drove more…