i yield to my colleague and co-chair, vice chair of the task force, robin kelly. ms. kelly: thank you. i want to thank leader pelosi for her leadership in organizing this critical discussion today on the issue of gun violence in america. chairman tomorrowson, it's an honor to be working alongside you in this effort, and i thank the witnesses for their tamm today. the unfortunate truth of today is we have had over 350 mass shootings in less than 350 days in 2015. as the year draws to a close, it's apparent that this congress has little appetite toned gun violence. we must -- to end gun violence. we must own the fact that we are losing a generation of americans to gun death. we have come to a critical mass to turning a blind eye to the plaguing our nation is irresponsible. i have taken this to the streets, homes and families i love and serve to demand we do something about this crisis. in the last two weeks you know what's happened in colorado in california and countless mass shootings that did not draw the eye of our national media. all these events occurring as we are

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robin kelly: the honorable dr. thatcher, is the founding director and senior advisor of the school of medicine in atlanta georgia. previously, he served as the 16th surgeon general in the united states. only the second person in history to have held both positions simultaneously. as surgeon general and assistant secretary for health, he led the department effort to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. to theed as a director senate for disease control and prevention and the administrator of the agency for toxic substances and disease reginald say. he was also a contributor to the 2015 report for health disparities in america. he graduated from atlanta, georgia in 1963. he holds md and phd degrees. alpha omegaer of society and the american college of physicians. webster, the director of the john hopkins center. webster is a professor of policy and management at the john hopkins bloomberg school of public health. he is the director of the john hopkins center for gun policy and research. he is on the facu

robin kelly: the honorable dr. thatcher, is the founding director and senior advisor of the school of medicine in atlanta georgia. previously, he served as the 16th surgeon general in the united states. only the second person in history to have held both positions simultaneously. as surgeon general and assistant secretary for health, he led the department effort to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health. to theed as a director senate for disease control and prevention and the administrator of the agency for toxic substances and disease reginald say. he was also a contributor to the 2015 report for health disparities in america. he graduated from atlanta, georgia in 1963. he holds md and phd degrees. alpha omegaer of society and the american college of physicians. webster, the director of the john hopkins center. webster is a professor of policy and management at the john hopkins bloomberg school of public health. he is the director of the john hopkins center for gun policy and research. he is on the facu

. >> thank you very much, leader pelosi, chairman thompson and vice chair robin kelly. i'm delighted to be able to join you to discuss this very important topic in the lives of the american people. i want to thank you for allowing me to join this distinguished panel. i would like to take the opportunity to make the case for a public health approach to gun violence prevention. funds to support gun violence research were removed from the c.d.c. budget in 1996 while i was serving as c.d.c. director and before i became surgeon general. at that time, congress j. dickie from arkansas led the efforts from behalf of the n.r.a. to remove the funds so that for 20 years, there's been no funds available for gun violence prevention research. using the public health approach, we have reduced smoking among americans from 43% at the time of the first surgeon general's report on smoking and health in 1964 to 18% of americans smoking today. we estimate that we have saved over eight million lives over the cause of applying public health approach to the issues of smoking. since 1970, using

i know for example with my friend and colleague, robin kelly, we have tough laws in connecticut, illinois, in california, but people just come across state lines, or they are not enforced, as you pointed out. if you can talk a bit about those priorities. federal laws for research better , enforcement to help us focus the attention of our colleagues for what we can do to best save lives. not only from mass shootings but , the every day shootings, that homicides and needless deaths that we have an obligation to address. thank you very much. >> i will take a crack at that. i think the most important thing to do, as i indicated a few minutes ago, is to extend background check requirements across the board federally. there is really no reason not to do that. 90% of the american people want that. we have evidence that it does affect diversions of guns to criminals. it will help underwrite of -- help a variety of states reduce levels of gun violence. that is clearly the top priority. i think the magnitude of the benefit that you get from that withrectly correlated whether you raise standards for

and to my other colleague, congresswoman robin kelly from the second district of illinois , not only do you manage the floor monday night, ms. kelly, on behalf of the congressional black caucus, but you also are the chair of our c.b.c. health brain trust that does so much for so many. and you also have carved out a niche. you've begun to focus the attention of the nation on the issue of gun violence in our country. and so i want to begin this presentation this evening by thanking both of you for your work. many of my colleagues here this evening may not -- especially the newer ones to this body -- may not fully understand what the c.b.c. is. but the congressional black caucus is an organization, is a caucus of african-american members of congress. we were founded in 1971. but that does not mean that 1971 was the first year that this body had african-american members of congress. actually, the first african-american was elected to congress in 1870. there was some 21 african-americans who served in this body during reconstruction and postreconstruction. but the c.b.c. formally organized

robin kelly: i would like to thank nancy pelosi for her leadership. chairman thompson, it is an honor to be working alongside you in this much overdue effort and i think the witnesses for their testimony today. the unfortunate truth for today is that we have had over 300 50 mass shootings in less than 350 days in 2015. as the year draws to a close, it is clear this congress has little appetite to end gun violence. we are losing a generation of americans to gun death. we continue to turn a blind eye to the epidemic plague in our nation. it is not just irresponsible. it is callous. streets, taken to the this chamber of commerce, and the homes of families to demand we do something. weeks you know what has happened in colorado, california, and countless mass shootings that did not draw the eye of the media. this cannot continue. as we qqq approaches, we must not forget the -- as the new year approaches, we must not forget the lives that were ha lted. yday was a year that ever the american dream was continuously robbed by g unfire. a virginia journalist an

host: our guest is representative robin kelly from illinois. she is the vice chair of the gun violence prevention task force. if you want to ask her question you could is on the line. 202-748-8001 four republicans. 202-748-8000 four democrats. 202-748-8002 independents. our first call is from paulette a florida democrat. you are on with our guest. good morning. go ahead. caller: hello. good morning. i'm just thinking, i know a lot of these mass shootings are done --people come from outside are not done by outsiders, it is mostly american-born. wasn't this man american-born? guest: yes. from san bernardino, born in cook county. caller: exactly. guns they're using to kill americans are made in america. i keep listening to these things , people are raised to hate. they will grow up hating. hate is inside of them. that is all they know. this is what america is up against. .t is an american process host: thank you. your response? guest: i agree with her. we are not going to hate. we are taught that. that would help. if people, like the judging that

thompson from california, and one of the champions on this issue as well from the state of illinois, robin kelly, is going to be speaking with us as well. pleased to have all three of my colleagues join us today. we had a conversation in caucus today that dealt with two very important issues. first, of course, we spent a good deal of time talking about making sure our government is providing security, keeping the trains running, doing everything we expect it to do because we pay taxes, and that is keeping government operating. and unless our republican colleagues can move forward with a proposal that is bipartisan, it looks like we're heading towards another republican shutdown of government. no one would like to see that because we're too close to the holidays now to disrupt all the activities not just of government, but of the lives of americans throughout this country. so it's time to get to work. two monthses ago we reached an agreement on the parameters for a budget, and now all we have to do is have our colleagues on the republican side stop trying to inject things that have nothing to do

deadline for passing a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and we talk to congressman robin kelly of illinois about the gun control debate following the san bernardino shootings. washington is journal is live. >> we take a moment to spotlight a recent article and this week,h we're joined by elizabeth grossman, who us,"cowrote this piece. what we didn't know is killing us t. result of a six month investigation into the science of regulating toxic substances. why did you conduct the investigation in the first place brought you to this topic? >> thanks for having me on and what we wanted to know was why so many studies, scientific studies about chemicals that were done by researchers with e industry support were coming to such different conclusions than studies about the same chemicals by resernlers without industry support. we discovered a 30 plus year history and pattern that goes back to the r early 1980ss and i researchers at the department of defense and and c long pattern industry influence of the le science behind chemical regulation. zbr as we say, it was a six month investig

we will talk to congresswoman robin kelly of illinois about the gun control debate following the sanernardino shootings. ♪ host: good morning. this is the "washington journal" for december 10. both house and senate legislators are expected to receive a briefing from james comey and others. syed farook, who was killed last week california, may have started planning for the attack as early as 2012. the use of attack helicopters may be some part of the u.s. strategy against isis. he also reiterated how a ground force comprised of u.s. troops is not in the best interest of the u.s.

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kelly and michael!" coming up at 9:00 a.m. next on >>> welcome back to "gma." getting a little chilly here in times square. robin, you got sim i ways to stay warm and a nice ride over there. >> yeah, but some of the car is missing, i just noticed that. but winter is coming and there's a hack for that. simple shortcuts for things to make life easier, sara, you'll help us out with this. >> today we're going to some tips and tricks to deal with winter weather which is sadly right around the corner. and it's already hitting some of the country but first we've got wayne johnson, now, you cover everything from food to crafts on wayne's weekend blog. >> i do. >> today you've got help with our windshield. >> absolutely. i hate in the morning when you go downstairs and it's iced over and you can't get it open. can't find the tool you used to use and use your credit card. got a really simple solution. >> can i help you with that. >> what we'll do, it's four and a squeeze bottle. three parts vinegar, one part water and squeeze it on there and squish it on there and take your squeegee up and down, back and forth just like t