VP Harris is planning to travel to her home state of California following mass shootings that have left at least 19 people dead in the last several days.
President Joe Biden first disclosed Harris' upcoming trip while speaking to reporters Tuesday as he held a meeting with the vice president and top Democratic congressional leaders at the White House about their legislative agenda, which includes a bill that would ban assault weapons.
Biden noted that he visited California just last week to view the damage caused by recent floods and storms."Then on top of that, we see what’s happened in California, and what’s happened to the Asian American community has been devastating," he said. Biden said he's been speaking with a number of California Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, Reps. Judy Chu and Anna Eshoo, and Hilda Solis, a member of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors. The president also mentioned that on Monday, a group of Senate Democrats, including California's Dianne Feinstein, reintroduced legislation to ban assault weapons.
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