John Cornyn: “tomorrow will mark 3 weeks since the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, TX. Over those last 3 weeks, Senator Murphy…”

“tomorrow will mark 3 weeks since the devastating school shooting in Uvalde, TX. Over those last 3 weeks, Senator Murphy from Connecticut, Senator Sinema from Arizona, Senator Tillis from North Carolina, and others have been working to identify steps that Congress should take to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future. This is not an easy debate. It is emotional. It can be divisive, but it is also very important that we act. Most often, you hear people say: Do something. Well, they don't give you a lot of guidance on what that something looks like. And when you begin to dig down into the details, you find out that there is not a lot of consensus about what that something should look like. The good news is, as a result of the work we have been doing these last 3 weeks, working with our colleagues, I believe we are making good progress. Over the weekend, there was an agreement reached between 20 Senators--10 Republicans and 10 Democrats--on a framework, or principles, for bipartisan legislation to keep our kids and our communities safe. Before I go through some of the details of this agreed framework, I want to explain what it does and what it does not include. From the beginning, I promised my constituents that when I took an oath to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States, I did not take that oath with the intention of violating it.…”