Connecticut, senator murphy, organizing this time to bringing members of the senate together. I want to thank my colleague from ohio, senator brown, the senior senator, or his words tonight, is passionate about this issue. And his commitment to change. That should be a commitment that is shared by everyone here, but well be talking about what has not happened your tonight as much as what has happened. When i think a about this issue, the issue of gun violence, which its an epidemic, its also uniquely american problem. No other country has this problem. In fact, america didnt have this problem for all of its history. Its, debating on where you start the y clock, its years od is not a lot longer than that. When i think about the issue and think about the debates where having sometimes we start withes the names of communities, and we unfortunately have been memorized. So many communities are known for so much, so much thats positive about their culture, about their history and about their
The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy are we in a quorum call, mr. President . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank my colleagues for their indulgence this evening, and for those of us those of you who help us keep this floor open. I will make some longer remarks later this evening, but while we have a short break in the floor waiting for senator brown to arrive, i wanted to say a word of appreciation to all of my colleagues who have decided to join us this evening on the floor. This is my first appearance here, to talk about the imperative of changing the nations gun laws, recognizing that this number, 100 americans killed by guns every single day, is not inevitable. Almost every single one of these murders and suicides and accidental shootings is preventable. If we make different choices here on the floor of the United States senate, and our purpose tonight is to try to bring some consistency of effort
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And what a first half for tech ipos. Nasdaq announcing 97 initial offerings raising over 17 billion in six months. Can it be sustained . We ask a nasdaq exec. First, to our lead and another turn in the sprinttmobile deal. The u. S. Justice department is on the verge of approving a merger. Dish could become a strong competitor in the u. S. Wireless market. Lets bring in our reporter. You broke it. Congratulations. How close are we . It has been a long time coming. Reporter this is a happy turn of events for investors. Shares are getting very close. They are being told there are a couple issues remaining but not insurmountable. Our sources say the board of deutsche telecom, which owns tmobile, met yesterday to discuss the package that is being discussed at the boj as these other remedies that will help the doj approved the deal. Caroline remind us who they are. Nabila they are selling three prepaid brands as there will be spectrum as well. They are talking about how dish gets customers a
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