[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 14, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                               Gun Safety

  Mr. President, now, on the President's Executive order on guns, 
today, in Monterrey Park, CA--where, sadly, unfortunately, tragically, 
a gunman murdered 11 people in January during Lunar New Year 
celebrations--President Biden will announce a new Executive order to 
strengthen background checks and other commonsense gun safety measures.
  I commend President Biden for taking this much needed step to fight 
the scourge of gun violence in our country.
  After gunmen massacred dozens of people in Buffalo and Uvalde last 
year, the Senate defied the NRA and passed a bipartisan, commonsense, 
and lifesaving gun safety bill for the first time in decades. It was 
the first step Congress took since the Brady bill in 1994, which I was 
proud to author and lead passage of, which mandated Federal background 
checks on firearms.
  Last year's bipartisan safety bill was a good, long-overdue step of 
progress, but we must do more. Gun violence remains a devastating 
sickness that festers deep within the heart of our Nation.
  Democrats stand ready to keep working together to combat violence, 
and we hope a good number of our Republican colleagues will join us 
once again.
  I hope my colleagues on the other side can free themselves from the 
vice grip of the NRA and the MAGA wing of the Republican Party and work 
with Democrats to pass more gun safety legislation in this Congress.