Biden Administration Supports House Bills to Tighten Gun Background Checks

President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 5, 2021. Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images

The United States House of Representatives is being urged by the Biden administration to pass two measures that fortify federal background checks for gun purchases.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) said on Monday that “Gun violence is a public health crisis.”