Eternal god, who hears our prayers and listens to our cries for help, thank you for your mercies that come to us new each day. You save us with your strength, continually showing us your unfailing love. Help our lawmakers today to discern your voice and do your will. Lord, give them the ability to differentiate your guidance from all others, permitting you to lead them to your desired destination. Speak to them through your word, guide them with your spirit, and sustain them with your might. Oh god, you are our rock, our fortress, and our savior. All your promises prove true. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. 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. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell last week the Republicanled Se
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 Judiciary Committee 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 from the senator from new york, along with chairman grassley for shepherding it through the Senate Judicial communityy and the support of likeminded senators in this chamber. We wor
Heres one reality, one fact you cannot negotiate with people that want to till you x. The challenge that want to kill you. And the challenge for us and this administration is that we must adopt a strategy now. A strategy that eliminates the safe haven that isil has, their ability to plan external plots against the United States, against europe and against the rest of the world. And my hope is that we will glean enough information out of the Orlando Attack to guide the policymakers to make the right decisions. Leader . Take a couple of questions, and then weve got to yeah. Yesterday donald trump suggested that the president [inaudible] sympathetic in some way to the terrorists and the killer in orlando. Do you think that was an appropriate way for yeah, im not going to be commenting on the president ial candidate today. If the senate has to act on an faa extension again, which is seeming more likely, would you consider doing energy extenders . Look, there are all kinds of things that co
Just like theres people across the country who will express desire to kill americans or do some unix dream and the fbi have to chase up individuals. The watch list listing is not the same as proving someone guilty in a court of law. Thats for good reason. We are not restrict liberties, but we are saying we need to know who these people are in watch where they travel. This person came off the watch list a couple years ago and was able to buy a firearm and because of the laws in place the fbi would not have been notified. Host what is the line by which one ends up on a watch list and what is the line when they are taken off . Is that something clearly defined . Guest with a number of different factors. Common situation would be disturbing behavior what they are doing, they arein communicating with. This is just too high morale sense of alertness. Host we are talking with congressman swalwell, democrat of california appeared a hostile crowd Army Intelligence panel subcommittee on the cia.
United states and three territories. More than 100 of these are pregnant women, and on friday, puerto rico announced its first case of zika related microcephaly. Unfortunately, those numbers are only expected to grow so this really is an emergency, and Public Health experts have repeatedly made it clear that as we get closer to the summer and mosquito season, we cannot afford to delay. We need to better control mosquitoes that carry the zika virus. We need to raise awareness to make sure families are informed about this disease, and we need to give access to Family Planning services and accelerate the development of a vaccine. President , has a strong emergency proposal to accomplish each of those goals in february. I support that plan and im disappointed that instead of acting on it as quickly as possible, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle simply confused refused to consider it and found reason after reason to delay. They said the administration should take money from the o