Texas Insider Report: Washington D.C.
Gun crime prosecutions are down across the board including enforcement of laws against lying on background checks.
I have a hard time telling my constituents in Texas that Congress is looking at passing a whole raft of new laws when the laws that we currently have on the books are so woefully unenforced.
I hope well have a hearing where well ask Administration witnesses to come before the panel and to testify why the Department of Justice and other law enforcement agencies of the federal government are not enforcing the laws that Congress has already passed.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) earlier today calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on the recent drop in gun crime prosecutions by federal law enforcement agencies.
There are areas where Congress can come together right now to examine the nexus between gun crime violence and mental healthcare.
Im willing to listen to serious ideas not just window dressing to try to come up with solutions."
Video of Sen. Cornyns opening statement.
