![]() ![]() Nobody was talking about that this morning. WELNA: Was there any talk about a need for tougher gun laws? We struggle with it like the entire country does. REPRESENTATIVE CANDICE MILLER: It's so unimaginable, and I think that was felt in the opening prayer, and in some of the comments that were said, as well. What happened in Newtown, Connecticut, she says, did not go unmentioned at the House GOP's weekly caucus. Michigan Republican Candice Miller was there, too. WELNA: Gohmert had just stepped out of the first closed-door meeting of House Republicans since last Friday's massacre. I'm sick of this place having verdicts, and then gathering evidence later. GOHMERT: As a former judge, it just seems the appropriate thing to do is to gather all of the evidence before we come up with a verdict. Democrats, he says, are - in his words - trying to slap a Band-Aid on an area that's not even a wound. WELNA: That's Republican Louie Gohmert, a House member from Texas. REPRESENTATIVE LOUIE GOHMERT: Well, I think to say that we need new gun laws is premature. And so I think there's a lot more impetus for this bill now. But if they can't shoot so many people in a 10-minute period, if they had to stop, maybe somebody could have tackled him and stopped him. REPRESENTATIVE DIANA DEGETTE: You know, you're never going to stop somebody from being able to get a gun. DeGette says that was a mistake Congress now has a chance to correct. That ban had been in effect for a decade, but Congress allowed it to expire eight years ago. She's rounded up more than a hundred cosponsors - every one of them a Democrat - for a bill reinstating a ban on gun magazines holding more than 10 bullets. WELNA: Colorado House Democrat Diana DeGette is taking action. Let's get money out of politics and act in the interest of people. And please, let's stop partisan bickering. At a news conference, Andrei Nikitchyuk pleaded for Congress to act now to head off more bullet-riddled nightmares like the one his son Barry went through.ĪNDREI NIKITCHYUK: Everyone I talk to thinks that the change should be done. Yesterday, the father of an eight-year-old student who survived that shooting was on Capitol Hill to appeal to lawmakers directly. INSKEEP: Some conservatives now say they agree, but the Republicans who lead the House of Representatives have so far shown little interest.ĭAVID WELNA, BYLINE: Members of Congress have been hearing a lot from constituents about the slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary. ![]() Some Democrats are pushing for tighter restrictions on guns and ammunitions. GREENE: But last week's shootings in Newtown, Connecticut restarted the debate over gun control. Lawmakers are negotiating over taxes and spending that could affect the economy in the year ahead, not to mention almost every part of the federal government and the take-home pay for millions of Americans. I'm David Greene.Įven before the events of the last few days, Congress had a busy agenda. ![]()
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