"I was honored to join gun violence survivors, victims' family members and advocates at the White House today as President Obama announced new executive actions to reduce gun violence. The President has acted within his authority because Congress repeatedly failed to do anything to address the gun violence epidemic in this country, and these common-sense measures are significant steps toward closing loopholes that allow guns to end up in the hands of people who aren't legally allowed to have them.
"But it's still up to Congress to close those loopholes completely and reform gun laws at the federal level. Instead of wasting time attacking the President's modest, reasonable actions, I hope Republicans will finally tune out the NRA, act responsibly, and work with us to craft bipartisan legislative solutions that can help prevent us from losing 30,000 lives to gun violence each year."