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To buy a gun . No red herring argument will work. This is plain common sense at a time when we need common sense, and it should not be a partisan measure. Guess who introduced this idea originally . Not barack h. Obama, but george w. Bush in 2007. The vast majority of gun owners and they have a right to have a gun, and i would protect that right for them to have a gun if theyre not a felon or adjudicated mentally ill or a spousal abuser therefore everyone is for it. The other side says no. So i hope people now who have become i ask unanimous consent for 30 additional seconds. Now that its beco...

Quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i ask unanimous consent that h. Con. Res. 91 be indefinitely postponed. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i now ask unanimous consent the senate...

Mr. Toomey mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. I am going to make a unanimous consent request, b but first i want to say a few words about the legislation about which the request pertains, and i want to thank my senate my colleague, senator bob casey, for joining me on this. It was back in 2014 that senator casey and i introduced the Eric Williams correctional officer protection act. Its a bipartisan bill, mr. President , and i. T. Got a simple idea its got a simple idea. The side to better enable those men and women who pro...

Outside of syria and iraq are now becoming more important, more necessary to this Terror Organization in order to perpetuate this second set of mythologies around the islamic world being at war with the christian world. And so it is a moment now where republicans and democrats have to come together around hardening our country from potential attackers and potential attacks. And to recognize that because these attacks may be more important than ever before to the future expansion of isis, that we have to take steps to make sure that they dont occur. And so one of the simplest ways we can do tha...

Together, how that partnership worked. Sen. Mccain when the terrible tragedy of 50 veterans dying in phoenix that were part of the phoenix v. A. Because theyre on a phantom waiting list, it happened that triggered this whole crisis that continues with the v. A. The leaders asked me to negotiate with bernie, who was at that time chairman of the Veterans Affairs committee. I must say to you that it was a very colorful and xrated experience. I believe that my reward will be in heaven, not here on earth. [laughter] wedid reach an agreement, did compromise, and i think the v. A. And the country is ...