U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado was one of handful of lawmakers and gun violence prevention advocates who were unhappy with President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.

They held a press conference Wednesday outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., to talk about violence in terms of an epidemic.

“In 2019, there were more mass shootings than days in the year,” said Neguse, the Democrat from Lafayette. “This is not normal, and yet we heard not a word from President Trump last night about an epidemic that is taking our children too early, leaving families and communities wrecked to pick up the pieces.

Neguse brought Tom Mauser, the father of Daniel Mauser who was killed at Columbine High School in 1999, to the State of the Union address.

“It’s been 20 years since Columbine. Individuals like Tom, individuals across our country should not have to wait any longer for their leaders in Washington to acknowledge the devastation and grief the gun violence epidemic is having on our nation,” Neguse said.

Rep. Lucy McBath, a Democrat from Georgia, described misplaced solutions.

“Too often we are told that we must accept all of these gun violence tragedies in our country, we are told that instead of changing our laws we must have more active shooter drills in our schools,” she said in a press release from Neguse’s office. “More 6-year-olds are asked to decide for themselves whether they are more likely to survive if they are hiding in a closet in their classroom or if they should rush the gunman.

“I refuse to accept that, Congress refuses to accept that, the American people refuse to accept that.”

Neguse and McBath sit on the House Judiciary Committee.