'This grant initiative is going to connect those districts to those billions of dollars that's there, available, and wants to be used to make our kids safe,' the actor says about his Greenlights Grant Initiative.
11:22a gunman at Robb Elementary School
McConaughey and his wife, Camila, met the representative for Uvalde, Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, who introduced them to relatives of the dead, McConaughey said. But while the BSCA is "already working in some ways," there are also "billions of dollars that are still left to be spent," McConaughey said.
"You got 14,000 something schools. This grant initiative is going to connect those districts to those billions of dollars that's there, available, and wants to be used to make our kids safe," he said.More broadly, Karl asked McConaughey if he believes the way gun policy debates are framed becomes an obstacle to making change.
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