Michael Bennet: “Congress would finally pass background checks, something…”

“Mr. President, I can remember the chamber, that balcony in the chamber being filled with parents and children of people who had been massacred in their elementary school, hoping against all hope that this body would do something to respond, that Congress would finally pass background checks, something that 90% of the American people support. As everybody knows, to our everlasting shame, we didn't. We failed to act. And somewhere along the nation, Mr. President, we became numb to these tragedies.” (05:13–05:22)

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