House Judiciary Committee to Consider Gun Control Bill

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) speaks to reporters in Washington on July 9, 2020. Behind him are Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) and David Cicilline (D-R.I.). Alex Wong/Getty Images

The House Judiciary Committee will meet in an emergency session to mark up a gun control bill that would impose heavy new federal restrictions and limits on firearms.

The push for the legislation comes in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead.