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Next senators hold a moment of silence and speak about the mass shooting in orlando, florida. You. You appear from Senate Majority leader mitchell, minority leader harry reid and floridas senior senator bill melson. This is 30 minutes. Ask the Senate Majority leader. I ask unanimous consent the Senate Observer moment of silence for the victims of the a orlando victims. The senate will now observe a moment of silence for the victims of the Orlando Attack. Madam president. The Senate Majority lead...

All americans living here and following are not, not that their lives will be protected. [cheers and applause] thank you. We are going to be topped and we are going to be smart and were going to do it right. America will be a tolerant and open society. America will also be a safe society. We will protect our borders at home. We will defeat isis overs these. We have no choice. We will ensure every parent can rates their children in peace and safety. We will make america rich again. We will make a...

Country. Failure to ensure that all people of the United States are treated equally allows a cull a culture of hate against some people in the United States to fester. This hate culture includes continuing physical assaults and murders committed against lgbt individuals, and particularly against transgender individuals. The events that transpired on june 12, it 2016, in orlando, florida, were a horrifying and tragic act of hate and terror that took the lives of 49 innocent individuals and injure...

I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young d...

People whose only crime was to want a place to be together. And one night in late june of 1969, the bars patrons fought back. The rioting continued intermittently for five nights, and it wasnt pretty. It reflected the demands of a group for equality, for the same chances that other americans have to be themselves. A few months after that, lgbt activists began planning for the first pride march. It was set for the following june to commemorate the stonewall uprising. The idea was to use that anni...

Senate. There havent been debates in committees. Im not saying we arent doing important work but there are 30,000 people dying every day on the streets of this country. And those that they leave behind, their moms and their dads and their Little Sisters and brothers dont get the total indifference that we portray. And i know that were not indifferent. I know in talking to my republican colleagues that they feel just as deeply about the loss in orlando, about the loss in new haven or chicago or n...

Past national conventions. Saturday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. House democrats joined Community Leaders and victims of gun violence for a late evening vigil thursday to show support for more comprehensive gun laws. This gathering outside the u. S. Capitol is just under two hours. [ cheering ] [ chanting ] no bill no break no bill no break what do we want . Internships. What do we want . Now. People over here. Now what do we want . Yeah. No bill no break [ cheering ] thank you very much for ...

The speaker pro tempore on this on this vote the yeas are 351, the nays are 4. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from texas, mr. Ratcliffe, to suspend the rules and pass h. R. 5389. The clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk a bill to encourage engagement between the department of Homeland Security and Techno...

About republican messaging, that was all about talking points to distract through messaging through terrorist talking points, glossing over the hate crime nature against lgbt people. One thing that the president said that stuck with me is that those of us that have felt the sting of discrimination cannot use that, cannot used to not fight against discrimination of all. And then using that discrimination to then discriminate against a whole class of people, the muslims. I want to wrap this up bec...

Republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Emocrats, 202 7488000 independents, 202 7488002. You can also catch up with us on twitter and facebook. Very good Tuesday Morning to you. We begin where the senate left off last night, those for gun measures failing in a series of senate votes. We are getting here thoughts. Here is the headline from the Washington Times this morning efforts to do something about guns devolves into partisanship. The story notes that senators could not find the sweet spot, i...