Supporting seniors, school safety

Statement

At the Education and Labor Committee, Wednesday, we approved bills for a floor vote that increase support for Marianas seniors through the Older Americans Act and that require collection of school shooting data. H.R. 4334 boosts Older Americans Act annual funding up to 7 percent in each of the next five years. The money pays for local programs like Meals on Wheels, which ensure seniors can get food and other basic services they need to live with dignity in their own homes. The committee also cleared H.R. 4301, which replaces a hodgepodge of definitions in different places with one federal definition of the term "school shooting." Unless we all agree on the scope of the problem, we will never be able to strengthen our nation's gun laws to prevent future tragedies in our schools.

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