found in his visit to uvalde. innocent victims, murdered in the classroom, that had been turned into a killing field. standing there in that small town, like so many other communities across america. i couldn t help but think, they are too many other schools, too many other everyday places, that have become killing fields. battlefields. here in america. tonight, president biden delivered the message to congress, and to the country, that he heard in uvalde. they had one message for all of us. do something. just do something. for god sake, give something! after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done! this time that can t be true. this time we must actually do something. the president was asking the country for support tonight. and in washington, he was aiming the speech at ten republicans. this time it s time for the senate to do something. but, as we know, in order to do and get anything
my hands and knees and begged my colleagues, find a path forward, here. by doing something, we at least stop sending this quiet message of endorsement, to these killers whose brains are breaking, who see the highest levels of government doing nothing. shooting after shooting, what are we doing? why are we here? what are we doing? i yield the floor. with us tonight, connecticut senator chris murphy. senator, i turn that question to you. it has been 24 hours, what are we doing? i was presiding over the senate last night or yesterday afternoon, when i look down at my phone and saw that another sandy hook had happened, 19 kids in texas. i went straight to my desk, and that was the question that i kept on asking myself. it was the question that i spontaneously asked my colleagues. what are we doing? why are we here? why do you care so much about being a united states senator, if in the face of this evil and carnage, with all these parents who are just so frightened for their k
come illegally. so you ve got to enforce the law. it s got to be consistent. people got to know is there. you also have to remove benefits from people who are here illegally. you know, california, you can go illegal alien and you get free health insurance coverage. you are here illegally and they re doing that. we should not let states provide these benefits. you know, in florida obviously we don t do that, we don t allow the driver s license and all that. but some states do. and it creates a magnet for people coming in. so federally, no benefits, no enticements to come in. and in the states, we are gonna crack down on sanctuary states and sanctuary cities. and i showed the hypocrisy of all this back in 2022. because we have a program to transport illegal aliens to sanctuary jurisdictions. and one of the places we sent 0 to, beautiful liberal martha s vineyard. and you know what, these were folks on their high horse, saying how they were sanctuary jurisdictions, saying no one is illega
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