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“There is a toxic mixture in this country today of hate, of anger, and a population that is increasingly armed to the teeth,” the Connecticut politician warned.
The senator said he broke his leg after someone tripped and fell on him during a victory parade for the University of Connecticut men's basketball team.
A bill requiring criminal background checks for all gun sales has no Republican support in the Senate. Some Democrats oppose it, too.
The Senate Democrat said another big focus should be on the handling of counties that refuse to enforce state and national gun laws.
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) warned the Saudis could use their influence on the company "to silence government critics and human rights activists."
"I've never been part of negotiations as serious as these," he said of ongoing talks in the Senate. "We are talking about a meaningful change in our gun laws."
At least 19 children died in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
“I’m here on this floor to beg, to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues," an emotional Murphy said on the Senate floor.
The meeting was the start of Biden’s efforts to firm up support for a mammoth $3.5 trillion legislation for domestic programs.
A bipartisan group of senators announced plans to try to block Trump’s weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates after HuffPost revealed the effort was in the works.