Current government funding expires friday at midnight. Youre watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, help us to remember your mighty acts. You are kind and merciful, better to us than we deserve. You feed the sparrows and cause the sun to rise. You forgive our sins and provide us with strength for every challenge. Lord, use our lawmakers today for your glory. May they be courteous and kind as they seek to do what is best for this land we love. Remind them that they represent the hopes and dreams of many people. Thank you, lord, for the wonderful things that you continue to do for us all. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible
In whatever they do for you and humanity. Lord, give them the wisdom to refuse to deviate from integrity, coveting heavens approval in their labors for your kingdom. May they also remember that they are representing your divine purposes for our nation and world. Lord, thank you that your mercy is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who come to you with reverence. May your glory endure forever. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please follow me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. Morning business is closed. Under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany s. 1790 which the clerk will report. The clerk conference report to accompany s. 1790, an act to autho
Because somebody there brought up on the internet. That second plane flew into the building for quite will never forget that image because we didnt know what happened with the first. We knew what happened with the second. Recently over summer break i took a trip to israel. All of the preparedness and the evil that lurks around the world to see it up close where it always makes you wonder how can you live like that go how can you be prepared when you know there are always individuals and countries out there just like 1941 and 2001. Imagine living in a countryer where your entire border surrounded by a fence or a wall to keep people out. There is another barrier. Or a dirt berm. Shows how important it is to be prepared and always be strong when it comes to defending this c country for the freedoms that we all enjoy every day. We never thought it could happen in 1841 or 2001 it can happen again because thats the world we live in. As us senator i was the most important thing this body shou
Who lost their lives tragically 18 years ago, and to make sure that we never forget what happened then. I vividly remember that morning in my own office in jasper, indiana. Didnt have tv. Somebody there brought it up on the internet. That second plane flew into the building. Happened know what with the first one. We knew what happened with the second. Center rick scott and i recently over thep summer break took a trip to israel. All of that went into preparedness, the evil that lurks around the world. I see it begin up close to where it always makes you wonder, how can you live like that . How can you be prepared when you know thereno are always individuals, countries out there just like in 1941, just like in 2001. Imagine living in a country where the entire border, surrounded by a fence or wall, to keep people out. And in the really tough places theres another barrier. And in the really tough places, a dirt berm. That drove home again how important it is to be prepared and to always
Across our land. I remember the sights and sounds of parents at the firehouse in sandy hook on the horrible day in 2012 when 20 beautiful children and six great educators died. The firehouse is where parents went to find out whether their children were okay. And the way they found out was that their children either appeared or they did not. For them in the cries and sobbing they experienced, the expressions of anguish, the look on those faces was only the beginning of their nightmare. But it transformed connecticut. And what we did in connecticut was to adopt commonsense measure, comprehensive steps to stop gun violence. But the lesson of connecticut is not only that those steps have reduced gun violence including homicide but also that states with the strongest laws are still on the the in ersy of the one mercy of the ones with the weakest because guns have no respect for state boundaries. They cross state lines and they do damage and death in states like connecticut with strong guns