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John Cornyn: “The Texas Legislature actually followed our lead on the…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Senator John Cornyn is running for a fifth term and is "confident of the outcome"

Published | Video Starts at 09:12

For training more school counselors, for hardening our schools and providing for the single largest investment in mental community based mental health care in American history without infringing on the rights of a single law abiding citizen. And you may have noticed that The Texas Legislature actually followed our lead on the bipartisan Safer Communities act and extended background checks for mental health commitments and criminal records to 16 year olds. which is basically the thrust of what the bill did. But it's not a good answer to these parents who lost their innocent children that we don't care. (09:12–09:25)

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