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Roughly, 3,000 people lost their lives and the nation hasnt forgotten their loss. The senator from new york and i introduced legislation called the justice against sponsors of terrorism act. This is Bipartisan Legislation that would enable americans and their family members who lost loved ones on that horrible day to pursue their claims for justice against those who sponsored these acts of terrorism on u. S. Homeland. This bill was reported out of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee Without objection, and similar legislation passed the senate u unanimously last congress. That kind of support, i believe sends the support we will combat terrorism with every tool we have available and the victims of terrorist attacks in our country should have every means at their disposal to seek justice. I am grateful of the work ....
Issues like labor trafficking and hhs and how they allowed kids to get into the hands of traffickers. Government oversight there. Next month we will be combatting looking at the ways to combat isis propaganda and locking at our government response to that for those who follow what we do, that will be something well be looking at next week. Certainly a topical issue and one that everybody is concerned about is how do you stop this isis propaganda from taking more and more of our impressionable young people and radicalizing them. Well look at the opiate abuse issue. And some specific issues we think the subcommittee can provide some additional insights on. We have done tough, significant, important oversight and will continue to. And again, i appreciate the witnesses coming here today and the fact that this process, not just the hearing today, but the investigation has improved some of your individual practices as it relates to the people that we represent. I want to thank senator mccask ....
If you missed any of this, it is available on our website. The deliberations over Gun Legislation have stopped all action in the house, members were expecting a busy day of debate and 40 House Democrats gathered and started a protest over inaction on Gun Legislation. John lewis started the protest with a speech and afterwards members started a sit in. There have been numerous tweets from members on the floor. We will show you a couple of those right now. Jim govern tweeting out democrats united saying americans deserve a vote and you will notice that senator al franken walk said over to join his members on the other side in that sit in. Also showing you this tweet from congressman james clyburn. 89 deaths every day from gun violence in america. I will continue to hold the floor until we get a vote. This tweet from luk ....