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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
Advisory for today. Warm along the coast in the mid 70s. In the bay, the 80s. And inland in the triple digits. When well see the temperatures much cooler below average for this time of year coming up. And here at 6 01, continues the track the travel times. Just in the yellow and thats on the altamont pass. You are at 38 minutes and holding. Lets hope it sticks. Good to go on the east shore freeway highway 4 and 101. 41 minutes out of the south bay. Slow and go approaching the toll plaza and on the 880 flyover. Through it, a better situation. The meters lighting are on. And busy in the last 30 minutes at the san mateo bridge westbound toward the peninsula. And no stalls or crashes. Eastbound, you are fine. The nimitz looks good. They opened up the lane closures that were there as a result of the construction in place. In the meantime, ill keep an eye on this. And northbound on the nimitz, no problem there at all. And the sun is just coming up and its already over 90 degrees in some part
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