Report: Sen. John Cornyn Wants More Time to Reach ‘Consensus’ on Gun Control

According to the the outlet, “Cornyn said negotiators need at least another week to resolve their differences.”

Cornyn commented, “Good consensus legislation takes time. So I hope Sen. Schumer will let his members work. There’s no use in rushing a vote on a doomed partisan bill like the House is expected to vote on this week.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) tapped Cornyn to be his gun control liaison to the Democrats three days after the Uvalde, Texas, shooting.

McConnell tasked Cornyn with reaching a “bipartisan” deal on gun control. On Sunday, 250 Republican donors ran a full-page ad in the Dallas Morning News praising Cornyn’s gun control efforts.

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