Gabrielle Giffords: Congress

President Barack Obama Dept: "Speaking is difficult. But I need to say something important," surprise witness Gabrielle Giffords said carefully. It was Congress' first gun control hearing since the fatal shooting of 20 young students in Connecticut in December pushed the long-sensitive issue to the top of President Barack Obama's agenda for his second term, according to Montreal Gazette. The nation's most powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, also testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose divided members reflect the wider debate that gun limits will face on a path through Congress that promises to be difficult. An NRA official predicted that gun control measures will fail and wASHINGTON - The former U.S. congresswoman who was shot in the head in a 2011 mass shooting made a dramatic appeal to Congress on Wednesday for tougher gun control legislation, saying, "too many children are dying." "Be bold, be courageous, Americans are counting on you," Giffords said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.