We know what the president wants to do.

We need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines.

And if we can't ban assault weapons, then we should raise the AIDS to purchase them from 18 to 21.

In a prime time speech last week, President Biden also called for stronger background checks

for your federal red flag laws and for a repeal of legal immunity that protects gun makers from liability.

I just told you what I'd do. The question now is what will the Congress do?

We cannot keep doing this.

Democrat Lucy McBath of Georgia is one of the lawmakers leading the gun control effort in the House of Representatives.

An entire generation of children are learning that the adults they look up to cannot or will not protect them.

The House will vote this week on a series of gun control measures, including a lot of the things that the president asked for,

like raising the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles and a federal red flag law.

And we have solutions that a majority of American people believe in.

While it is true that many gun control measures have broad public support,

any House bills are unlikely to pass the Senate, where Democrats have a smaller majority.

Which is why the Senate is where any gun control legislation will truly be decided.

Are we going to make some noise this week?

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut spoke at a rally for gun control advocates outside the Capitol on Monday,

ahead of this weekend's March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C.

Murphy and others have signaled that Senate negotiations will mean compromise with Republicans.

An assault weapons ban, for example, is not on the table, but reportedly things like a federal red flag law or enhanced background checks are.

We are in very real discussions right now to try to craft a bill.

I am more confident than ever that we are going to change the gun laws of this country to make our schools a safer place.

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