--- title: Oregon Shooting: How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings description: Tracking mass shooting mentions on the floor of the House and Senate canonical: https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/ author: Michael Scherer article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-02T17:59:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:41:40.032Z article:section: Politics og:title: Oregon Shooting: How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings og:description: Tracking mass shooting mentions on the floor of the House and Senate og:url: https://time.com/4059777/oregon-shooting-house-senate-gun/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Oregon Shooting: How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings twitter:description: Tracking mass shooting mentions on the floor of the House and Senate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How Congress Reacts To Mass Shootings In One Chart > Sponsored content. 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UCC Shooting Dispatch Calls_ by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) ## Michael Scherer Oct 2, 2015 5:59 PM UTC by [Michael Scherer](https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/) ## Michael Scherer Oct 2, 2015 5:59 PM UTC It has become a grim political tradition: Another mass shooting, more calls for action and mourning from the floors of the House and Senate. The Congressional reaction to the latest shooting in Oregon, which left at least 10 people dead, is just beginning to emerge. In the meantime, here is a look at the frequency of mentions of key terms like “Columbine,” “Virginia Tech,” and “Newtown” from floor speeches in the House and Senate over the last two decades, courtesy of [Quorum](https://www.quorum.us/).  ## Transcript [ SOUND ] Active shooter at UCC, 1140 Umpqua College Road. Somebody is outside one of the doors shooting through the door. We do have one female that has been shot at this time. Exchanging shots with him. He's in a classroom. Cody. [ UNKNOWN ] 17 exchanging gunshots right now, with a male. He's in a classroom on the southeast side of Snyder Hall. Unconfirmed report that he's got a long gun. I heard like a loud bang. There was a couple girls running, like sprinting away from the building and then I hear screaming after that first gunshot. And then I looked out and I saw the people running, and I said to the teacher, we need to get out of here right now. Dispatch as many ambulances as possible to this incident. We have upwards of 20 victims. [ SOUND ] Officers from around the county immediately responded. To the college and upon arriving there, they located the shooter in one of the buildings. 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