I’m heartbroken that yet another school has been torn apart by gun violence — this time in Uvalde, Texas.

The news is sickeningly familiar.

Mass shootings have become all too frequent, including less than two weeks ago in Buffalo, where Black Americans were targeted at a grocery store. And daily gun violence continues to strike people in their homes, on their streets, and at their playgrounds.

I’m going to keep doing everything I can to tackle this crisis head on — because thoughts and prayers are not enough.

The American people have been screaming out for action. But Washington hasn’t stepped up. That is a clear sign of a broken political system. I’d like to take a moment to talk about a few areas where I’ll keep pushing to fix the system and make gun reform possible.

Ending the filibuster: I was first sworn into the Senate right after 20 first-graders and six educators were massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Democrats and even some Republicans came together to support expanding background checks. But I watched the bill fail, even though it got a majority — 54 votes — because of the filibuster.

Since 2020, the House has passed common-sense gun safety reforms. President Biden is ready to sign them into law. But the Senate filibuster rule gives Mitch McConnell’s GOP minority and the NRA veto power over the will of the American people. That cannot stand.

Expanding the Supreme Court: In the next month or so, the Supreme Court is set to rule on whether to bar states and cities from regulating guns on our streets. And Republicans have packed the Court with a 6-3 supermajority to engineer radical outcomes on issue after issue, from abortion rights to gun safety.

To rebalance this institution and ensure that lawmakers can protect their people with basic gun reform, we must add at least four more seats to the Supreme Court. The Constitution gives Congress the clear authority to change the size of the Court, and it’s already been done seven times before.

Supporting gun safety candidates across the country: Look, I get it — we need action now. We can’t wait until November, and I won’t stop calling for the urgent steps we must take. Voting is not the only answer. But it is a fact that gun violence prevention is on the ballot every single election year, up and down the ticket.

I’ll keep working to elect candidates who will do what must be done, from state and local officials who will pass stronger safety measures to U.S. senators who will eliminate the filibuster. I’ve already endorsed dozens of Warren Democrats up and down the ballot for 2022, and I won’t stop fighting by their side.

There’s more we can do — including getting big money out of politics and rooting corruption out of Washington so we can break the NRA’s stranglehold over Congress.

I’ll do everything I can to make it possible for the American people to be heard on this powerfully important issue.

Enough is enough is enough. We have got to be able to protect our children and keep our families safe.

Elizabeth

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