Deutch: ‘We Shouldn’t Have to Rely on Heroes Like Riley Howell and Kendrick Castillo to Save Lives in Our Schools’

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DEUTCH: "I do have hope. And I saw your interview, Alisyn, with Riley Howell’s girlfriend and her brother, and it’s so moving. And what was so powerful about it is we shouldn’t have to rely on heroes like Riley Howell and Kendrick Castillo to save lives in our schools. Congress has a job to play to help save lives in our schools. This run, hide, fight generation that’s been created requires Congress — expects Congress to take action. Look, we have bipartisan legislation that would provide greater opportunities, red flag laws, to take guns away from dangerous people. We have bipartisan legislation that will give faculty and teachers and law enforcement the ability to work more closely together to stop these. We have worked with the Parkland parents to increase the amount of funding for school hardening. All of those things need to happen and we are working on it, but at the same time that we’re doing the bipartisan things, Mitch McConnell sits in the Senate and refuses to even bring up the background check bill that can help save lives. There is a responsibility on the part of Leader McConnell and on the part of the Senate to respond to the needs of the people of this country who are sick and tired of being afraid to send their kids to school."