I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young daughter, and i remember being so uncertain about what we were supposed to say to these parents, not just what you were supposed to say to provide some measure of condolence, but we were their elected representatives. We had some additional obligation to show them that we were ready to act, but was it too soon to make that offer . Was it not the right moment to suggest that there was a Public Policy response to the slaughter of their children . It was senator blumenthal that very gently and appro
They were addment and they were une adamant and they were unequivocal. We cant have moments of silence when we see americans perish. As robin kelly, republican from illinois, said we cant just think about americans lives that are lost when its Mass Shootings. Every day there is an american that is killed 30 people, 30 americans killed every day as a result of the use of weapons. And we need to stand up and the message was very clear in todays caurks. Members will stand todays caucus. Members will stand. We understand its important to express to the people of this country this moment of silence to let the families of the victims know we are thinking of them. By god, this is the peoples house, and if we cant stand up and then do something, then were in trouble. There are any number of things that could be done. Must do a better job identifying and checking the background of those who seek to buy weapons, especially assault weapons. We could ask people to pass the legislation that Mike Th
For example, should everyone who ever gets questioned by the fbi be on some sort of watchlist . We dont want to go that far. But we have to ask those sorts of questions. For me, you have to Pay Attention to the authorities that Law Enforcement and thelligence folsks have, resources they have. Part of the reason they close investigations is because they have to use those resources for a higher priority. Back to my daily week, and is important to tarnish isiss by defeating them there. And combating their ideology. Thoset it is harder for people who may have grievances, or anger, to plug into this ideology and think they are accomplishing something great. All of that has to be on our radar screen. With regard to the fbi investigation, d do you feel mr. Thornberry obviously, the fbi will go back and see if it could of been improved. My point is, there are a number of people who traveled back and forth to iraq and syria. That, there are those were radicalizing on the internet. There are onl
Knew them but too many elements are too familiar. Were here again and well be here again as long as the politicians who protect guns more than people offer us nothing more than their thoughts and prayers. We have to do some soul searching. On sunday americans woke up to a nightmare thats become mind numbingly familiar. In this country it is so easy for terrorists to buy guns. To get very powerful weapons very quickly and thats a problem. The orlando terrorist may be dead but the virus that poisoned his mind remains very much alive. Perversion in islam that you see generated on the internet seep into the minds of troubled individuals. We are looking for needles in a nation wide hey stack. We need to tell the truth also about how radical islam is coming to our shores. Inflammatory, antimuslim rhetoric plays right into the terrorists hands. 70th annual tony award dedicated those effected by the tragedy in orlando. Hope and love lasts longer and love is love is love is love is love is love
And prayers. We have to do some soul searching. On sunday americans woke up to a nightmare thats become mind numbingly familiar. In this country it is so easy for terrorists to buy guns. To get very powerful weapons very quickly and thats a problem. The orlando terrorist may be dead but the virus that poisoned his mind remains very much alive. Perversion in islam that you see generated on the internet seep into the minds of troubled individuals. We are looking for needles in a nation wide hey stack. We need to tell the truth also about how radical islam is coming to our shores. Inflammatory, antimuslim rhetoric plays right into the terrorists hands. 70th annual tony award dedicated those effected by the tragedy in orlando. Hope and love lasts longer and love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside. Well, here we are again. The last time we did this, we all knew it would not be the last time. In a country that makes it easy for anyone, including terrorist