Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader who covered herself in her dead classmate’s blood and played dead to survive the shooting rampage at her Texas elementary school, is among those who will testify.
The announcement of the hearing comes days after the Oversight Committee launched an investigation into five leading manufacturers of the semi-automatic weapons used in both recent shootings. The committee, controlled by a Democratic majority, is no stranger to examining gun violence in America. But the recent spate of killings has reached a boiling point on Capitol Hill and around the country.
Partisan positions were clear at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the "Protecting Our Kids Act," an omnibus gun control bill backed by Democrats that Republicans largely oppose.
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