Following weeks, he elaborated on the issue saying, "There is no other country where 80-90 people die from guns."
Three years after that, in a similar speech, he said that "This is a choice made by the United States Senate; to sit on our hands and do nothing, while kids die."
Nearly 10 years after the Sandy Hook, he once again asked for concrete action following the Uvalde shooting.
"Our kids are living in fear every time they set foot in a classroom because they think they're going to be the next,"
"What are we doing?" he asked his colleagues.
"Why do you spend all this time running for the United States Senate. Why do you go through all the hassle of getting this job, of putting yourself in a position of authority, as the slaughter increases, as our kids run for their lives, we do nothing."
