Good evening flags are flying at half staff at the White House tonight again.

They were lowered today for victims of the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.

They just been raised briefly yesterday after honoring the victims of the Atlanta area mass

shootings.

After a long year of COVID, just as we finally have a hint of normal back inside this is

a reminder that part of that normality that returns is gun violence.

And in Colorado, every sensation that follows, there's the numbness, the ache, the emptiness

that is compounded by familiar, familiar, aridate, familiar aridate.

This is for Colorado and the third mass shooting in a generation.

The children of Columbine and Aurora are now the parents of Boulder.

The president spoke to their loss today, but did not leave it at that.

I don't need to wait another minute, let alone an hour, to take common sense steps.

People save the lives in the future and to urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to act.

We can ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines in this country once again.

We can close the loopholes in our background check system, including the Charleston loophole,

the United States Senate.

I hope some are listening.

Should immediately pass the two house pass bills that close loopholes in the background

check system.

These are bills that receive votes of both Republicans and Democrats in the House.

This is not, it should not be a partisan issue.

This is an American issue.

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