'Cowards': Lawmakers' heated exchange over guns after Nashville shooting

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“Ask them about gun violence. What are they doing about it? Nothing.” Tense moments between congressmen outside the House chamber as Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a former principal, implores reporters to continue to press Republicans on the issue of gun violence.

March 29, 2023, 9:09 PMReps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., have a shouting match over gun violence outside the House chamber on Wednesday.just off the House floor on Wednesday soon got into a tense altercation with one of his conservative colleagues.

"The first thing in any kind of tragedy is I pray. I pray for the victims. I pray for the families. I get really angry when people try to politicize it for their own personal agenda, especially when we don't even know the facts," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Tuesday."They have control of the House! The American people need to know that they don't have the courage to do anything to save the lives of children," he said.

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