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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., blocked a school safety bill Wednesday that makes Republicans cry.
After a horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers, Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisc., Called for the Luke and Alex School Safety Act to be passed. by unanimous consent.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., answers questions from reporters at a news conference on the Democratic Party’s change to focus on voting rights at the Washington Capitol on Tuesday, the 18th January 2022. (Photo AP / Amanda Andrade – Rhoades)
The bill, named Parkland, Florida, for gunmen Luke Hoyer and Alex Schachter, would require the Department of Homeland Security to establish a “Federal Information Center on Good School Safety Practices.” use of state and local educational and police agencies and institutions. of higher education, health professionals and citizens. And it would require DHS to “collect data analysis from the clearing center, user feedback on the implementation of best practices and recommendations identified by the clearing center, and any evaluation of these best practices and recommendations.”
The clearing center, which is now available at SchoolSafety.gov, would be codified into law with the passage of the bill.
Schumer opposed Johnson’s request, saying on Twitter that the bill “could see more guns in schools.”
“The truth is, there were agents in the Texas school,” Schumer tweeted. “The shooter has overtaken them. We need real solutions: we will vote on gun legislation based on the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act.”
In the Senate, Schumer said legislation could be considered if Republicans agree to debate the internal terrorism bill. Johnson responded that it is “a sad day for the United States Senate,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
Johnson later tweeted: “It’s not surprising that the Democratic leader lied about the bill that blocked the parents of Parkland’s victims. They’ve been trying to pass it for years. that keeps them. power. sick “.
Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., Who co-sponsored the bill, criticized Schumer as “a liar and a pirate.”
Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Who also sponsored the bill, tweeted: “The truth is: Schumer has blocked a bipartisan bill that makes the school safety information center schoolsafety.gov permanent. because radical left activists oppose it. “
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Meanwhile, the Senate is scheduled to vote on Thursday on whether to advance the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, which passed the House last week after the Buffalo massacre that killed 10 people.
This bill would require the components of domestic terrorism from DHS, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to jointly report on domestic terrorism, as well as create “an interagency working group to analyze and fight the whites. ” supremacist and neo-Nazi infiltration of uniformed services and federal law enforcement agencies. “