As news of the mass shooting at a California bar unfolded, several Democrats promised to use their new majority in the House to address gun violence.
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"It's heartbreaking to wake up to another mass shooting -- this one at a nightclub in California," said New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr. "This is horrific! Dems have the House in January, and we are ready to take action to [end gun violence]."
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Florida Rep. Ted Deutch, a Democrat, said his party "will take up comprehensive, nation-wide reforms, but we can’t make our communities safer if we don’t do this together."
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. "We need to act now [and] break the vicious cycle of gun violence & mass shootings that plague our country."
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Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., said called on Congress to "act" as "our hearts go to the victims, their families and first responders."
"This cannot keep happening. Congress has a responsibility to act. We have a responsibility to keep Americans safe. We are failing them,"