anna eshoo - i think shame on congress. shame on congress. you know what congress does every time this happens? when we come to the floor to vote, and one of these massacres has taken place, the speaker says we're going to have a moment of silence. everyone bows their head. you don't even have time to say an 'our father' to yourself silently. the gavel goes down - the house is dismissed. i think you can hear my frustration and even a form of disgust. because we can do something about this. we can really bring the numbers down. can we resolve every single case? no. but isn't it worth saving the majority of lives being taken every single day in our country? of course it is, of course it is.catherine heenan course it is.course it is, of course it is.catherine heenan - as you know, the gun advocates are spinning the argument in their direction saying - a good guy with a gun stopped the bad guy. is that hurting?rep. anna eshoo - well this is equivalent to 'guns don't kill people - people do.' this is not about a contest for the best bumper sticker

democratic bay area congresswoman anna eshoo is calling the bill quote - 'an assault on the middle class' in an interview today with catherine heenan ... congresswoman eshoo argues, that a close look at some of the deductions that would be eliminated or reduced ..... amounts to bad news. among them - proposed cuts affecting things like health care expenses and student loans. also -- proposed new limits on mortgage interest deductions -- which is a particularly big deal in the bay area, where housing prices are so high. rep. eshoo - unlike other states where there are republicans whose constituents are going to be heavily impacted by the elimination of these deductabilities, they said to their leadership, i am not going to vote for it because it hurts my constituents. but the 14 california republicansmarched in step with their leadership and support it. it's their constituents that will have to hold them accountable. so we're going up against education, up against medical expenses, we're going up against home ownership. we're going up against the tax credit to adopt children!so you know -

bay area congresswoman anna eshoo says she's angry and frustrated by the fact her colleagues have yetto take any significant action to tighten gun laws. even after a string of mass shootings in the u.s. in recent years -- nothing much changes. the democrat talked to kron four's catherine heenan today - and eshoo says "shame on congress." rep. eshoo - i don't know how any member of congress can look in the eyes of a mother a father a sister a brother that has lost someone from mass shootings. i thought when sandy hook took place and all of those babies were massacred, that it would tip do something. you know what congress does every time this happens? when we come to the floor to vote and one of these massacres has speaker says we're going to have a moment of silence. their head. you don't even have time to say a quick our father silently. the gavel goes down. the house is dismissed. we can do something can really bring the numbers down. can we resolve every single case? no. but isn't it worth saving the majority of lives that are taken every single day in our country? of course it is.

anna eshoo / california (d-18th) very important to my constituents, this bill bulldozes the state and.dcókron vo sex harassmentthe other big topic of conversation has been sexual harassment in congress allegations againts politicians like senator al franken and roy moore continue to mount there were also revelations about current sitting members of congress who allegedly groped women on the house floor and exposed themselves to staffersbut they haven't been named.a group of lawmakers says there is a culture of sexual harassment in congress and what's worse they say the current system protects abusers not victims. they've introduced bills to try to change that.alex live tagthe bills would eliminate the cumbersome reporting process.and would require annual harassment training for members of congress and staff. speaker paul ryan also said this week he wants those trainings to be mandatory.