President Joe Biden met Tuesday with Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a longtime gun safety advocate. He has been working with Texas Sen. John Cornyn and other lawmakers to craft a deal in the aftermath of mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo.
PUBLISHED 12:56 PM EDT Jun. 07, 2022President Joe Biden on Tuesday met with the top Democratic senator trying to craft a compromise on gun safety legislation, the White House announced, as senators on both sides of the aisle appear optimistic about the prospect of a bipartisan gun reform bill.President Joe Biden met Tuesday with Connecticut Sen.
The president’s top spokeswoman said that Biden sat down with Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, a longtime gun safety advocate who previously represented Newtown, Connecticut, the site of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Murphy warned that a bipartisan agreement "won't come close to the full list of things I think are necessary to curb this epidemic" of gun violence, but said that inaction is unacceptable.
"I'm encouraged by the discussions that we have had with Republicans over the course of the last week and a half," Murphy said Tuesday afternoon. "Every day we get closer to an agreement, not further away."
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