Biden Signs ‘Historic’ Gun Reform Bill Into Law
President Biden on Saturday signed into law a bipartisan legislative package focused on preventing gun violence, calling it the “most significant” gun safety legislation in 30 years. “From Columbine to Sandy Hook, to Charleston, Orlando, Las Vegas, Parkland, El Paso, Atlanta, Buffalo, Uvalde, and for the shootings that happen every day in the streets,” the […]
‘Lives Will Be Saved’: Biden Signs Bipartisan Gun Safety Bill Into Law
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law a bipartisan bill of gun safety measures, which Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) called the “most significant piece of anti-gun-violence legislation Congress has passed in three decades.” The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act contains modest curbs on buying guns as well as funds to boost mental health care and […]
Two Senators on Different Sides Unite on Mental Health Law Reauthorization
WASHINGTON — Two senators are spearheading a bipartisan effort to reauthorize a bill focusing on mental health care. When Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) set out to develop a mental health bill, they agreed to disagree on some issues, “but it turns out we had much, much more common ground […]
Impaired-driver sensor could pave the way for safer vehicles
The bipartisan infrastructure bill recently signed into law by President Joe Biden includes a requirement for automakers to install driver monitoring systems that detect intoxicated or impaired drivers. Current systems rely on cameras, which have limitations. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Electronic Materials have made heat-resistant, pressure-detecting sensors that, when attached to seats, can […]