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Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. I...

mr. blumenthal: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: madam president, we are nearing the end of this session when we will go back to our homes for the evening, but when the families of 18 children and four great educators go home tonight their homes will never be the same again. there are no words in a place filled with words during today and every day in this place when were in session, there are no words today to capture the heart brea...

and four great educators go home tonight their homes will never be the same again. there are no words in a place filled with words during today and every day in this place when were in session, there are no words today to capture the heart break, the gut-wrenching grief and pain that those families will feel, and i remember feeling almost ten years ago when we stood in the space just outside the firehouse in sandy hook, as parents learned that their 20 children would not be coming home...

Hearing comes a month after the us air force admitted a clerical error that allowed a former airman who shot 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs, texas, to buy a gun despite a Domestic Violence conviction in 2012. The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing runs a little over three hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning everybody. Thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts by evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs. Those two places ge...

Hours. Morning, everybody and thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather today and the wake of violent acts by a violent man in las vegas and southern springs. There is a lesser number of people who find other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses we hope to learn more about how those tragedies may haveve been prevented and we wil discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1, 2017, few americans knew what they dump stock was. The...

Happening right happening right now, a powerful storm slamming Washington State resulting in at least one death and leaving more than 175,000 customers in the dark. Wind gusting up to 70 Miles Per Hour along the coast, churned the surf up quite a bit and downed power lines and toppled trees, including one tree that fell onto a car that killed that one woman and left another critically injured. Its the first in a series of strong storms moving through the Pacific Northwest that will be bringing h...

Thank you for the interruption and let me now turn to mr. Daniel with our appreciation and apologies for the interruption. Please proceed with your testimony. Good morning. Thank you, chairman. Us r grassley and senator grassley. Is your microphone on . Thank you, chairman. Senator grassley and the members of the Judiciary Committee for holding this important hearing. My name is alvin daniel. I am republican. I am an avid hunter, gun owner, and i enjoy using my guns for target practice with my f...

Blumenthal. We evidently have a vote scheduled at 10 45. I plan to recess the hearing briefly to allow us catch the end of one vote, the beginning of the next and reconvene. That will take 15 minutes total. Just so you all know. On june 18, carmen cruz was watching television with her eightyearold son, travis, when her exboyfriend, frederick escobar, broke into her and calmly walked towards her, carrying a pillow. When he was just a few feet away from mrs. Cruz, mr. Escobar pulled a gun from the...

But having the privilege of being with the people who have set such an example has been a great privilege for me. Now, if i were a producer and a director of a movie that i wa ws going to come out about the United States senate, i would want saxby to be the leading man. First of all, he looks like a United States senator, and he has that southern calm presence that most of us envy, and he just seems to fit the profile. And then he the next choice would have to be for the leading a lady, and you ...

Hands of the iranians. Iraq becomes a fell state that spreads economic chaos throughout the region. You will feel it at the gas pump, you will feel it in your wallet eventually, so an economic collapse in iraq would affect our economy and our ability to recover. I think it would throw the World Oil Market into turmoil. So it matters economically. Militarily, does it matter . It does in this regard. Isis is an offshoot of al qaeda because al qaeda kicked them out. These people now are going to ha...